Just when I was almost finished, Henry came along and toppled the house of CARDS.

工作即将完成之际，亨利进来搅局，让我全功尽弃。

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The house of CARDS has already been built, there's no painless way to dismantle it now.

房子曾经用纸牌搭好了。如今撤除也没那么简单。

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The financial system has collapsed. The house of cards has come unglued and that’s why we’re in such trouble.

我们的金融体系已经崩溃了，房地产泡沫破灭了，所以我们处于一个很大的困境中。

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So there was bigger meal. There was a girlfriend involved, sometimes invited over to our house as well for the meal, and part of the family, and cards back and forth.

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It's not considered good form to say, I think we're about to have a crisis of confidence and the whole house of cards is going to collapse.

说我认为我们即将有个信心危机，或者所有计划都将破灭,是不明智的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The Fed is worried about a collapsing house of cards.

美联储担忧的是,一个失败的不切实际无法实现的计划。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Amid rising interest rates, the 80% will spend less and bring the house of cards crashing down.

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If any constituency feels slighted, the house of cards could begin to wobble.

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Perhaps Khashoggi also hoped that Native Nations would be coerced into additional stock loan transactions to keep the house of cards upright.

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