| 单词 | cards are stacked against |
| 释义 | cards are stacked againstMany difficulties face someone or something, as in The cards are stacked against the new highway project. This term originated in gambling, where to stack the cards or stack the deck means to arrange cards secretly and dishonestly in one's own favor or against one's opponent. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby cards are stacked againstcardplayer, card punch, card reader, cardroom, cards, cards are stacked against, card school, card shark, cardsharp, cardstock, card surfing The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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