Meanings of card-house in English

Only a word was needed to bring his card-house down.

The three views here before us may be familiarly exemplified by supposing the sugar to be a card-house.

He must surely have imagined the mystery, for it all collapsed like a card-house, if the Princess was coming back.

So we packed our food, sacks, blankets, mackintoshes and the card-house as best we could on the remaining five horses.

Both of them expected nothing but that the entire structure would collapse like a card-house and shatter down in ruins that would be their death.

Hope built air-castles, and doubt then puffed them over like card-houses.

The least provocation, and an amorous explosion will ensue, tumbling down the card-houses of platonic affection.

You are to imagine her breast thus adrum with remorse and hatred of herself, what time town by town fell before the invader like card-houses.