be on the cards

be on the cards
(be on (амер. in) the cards)
быть возможным, вероятным; можно ожидать, не исключено (что)

When you mentioned me changing my mind about the explanation, you don't seriously think that's on the cards, do you? (C. P. Snow, ‘The Affair’, ch. 10) — Вы сказали, что я могу еще изменить свое мнение. Неужели вы серьезно думаете, что это возможно?

But then you as a playwright make a lot more dough than I do as a novelist. It's in the cards. (J. Jones, ‘Go to the Widow-Maker’, ch. 4) — Но ты как драматург зарабатываешь гораздо больше денег, чем я романами. Так нам, видно, на роду написано.

Devaluation, sooner rather than later, is certainly on the cards... (‘New Statesman’) — Девальвация фунта стерлингов неизбежна, и ждать ее не так долго...

All-London dustmen's strike on the cards. — Ожидается всеобщая забастовка лондонских мусорщиков.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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