| 词汇 | see something in the cards |
| 释义 | (redirected from see something in the cards)in the cardsVery likely or certain to happen, occur, or take place. If you keep performing at this level, I think a promotion is in the cards. They've played very well today, but it doesn't look like a championship title is in the cards for this team today. *in the cardsFig. in the future. (*Typically: be ~; see something ~.) Well, what do you think is in the cards for tomorrow? I asked the boss if there was a raise in the cards for me. in the cardsLikely or certain to happen, as in I don't think Jim will win-it's just not in the cards. This term, originally put as on the cards, alludes to the cards used in fortune-telling. [Early 1800s] in the cards Likely or certain to happen: My promotion to a higher position just isn't in the cards. in the cardsA likely or probable occurrence. The term refers to the cards of fortune-telling and began life as on the cards. It was well known by the time Dickens used it in several novels, as in Bleak House (1852): “It don’t come out altogether so plain as to please me, but it’s on the cards.” |
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