有一陣子,NetFlix 所製作的影集「紙牌屋 (a house of cards)」,在網路上暴紅,不過,你知道,在英文裏,紙牌屋 (a house of cards) 真正的意涵嗎?
請用 Google Image 查詢「a house of cards」的影像,馬上就會看到,用「紙牌」所堆疊出來的屋子
那麼,大家覺得,這樣的「紙牌屋」,穩固嗎?
答案當然是 Absolutely NO !!
所以, a house of cards 在英文的意涵,代表「非常不可靠、很脆弱、不切實際」的意思
英文解釋如下:
a house of cards: a plan that is very weak and can easily fail
來個例句吧:
His design for the data communication is a house of cards.