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castillo de naipes
An unstable construction with playing cards.
house of cards
cardhouse
cardcastle
испанский
castillo de naipes
1
Only a word was needed to bring his
card
-
house
down.
2
The three views here before us may be familiarly exemplified by supposing the sugar to be a
card-house
.
3
He must surely have imagined the mystery, for it all collapsed like a
card-house
,
if the Princess was coming back.
4
So we packed our food, sacks, blankets, mackintoshes and the
card-house
as best we could on the remaining five horses.
5
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.
6
Hope built air-castles, and doubt then puffed them over like
card-houses
.
7
The least provocation, and an amorous explosion will ensue, tumbling down the
card-houses
of platonic affection.
8
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
.
испанский
castillo de naipes
casa de naipes