in the cards

English

Etymology

Referring to the reading of tarot cards to foresee the future.

Pronunciation
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Prepositional phrase

in the cards

  1. (idiomatic) Destined or fated to happen; predicted or foreseen.
    I don't think another child is in the cards for them.
    • 1947, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations, Government Corporations Appropriation Bill for 1948, page 31:
      You will not sell enough to put in your eye. It is not in the cards.
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