Not in the Cards

Welcome to English in a Minute !

American English has many expressions

that come from card games.

Is this another one?

It’s going to rain all weekend .

How am I going to have my lawn care party now?

Yeah,

that’s not the kind of activity you can bring indoors.

Maybe a party is not in the cards, Anna.

Janathen

So many people wanted to work outside for me

in the hot, hot sun!

If something” not in the cards”,

It is not likely to happen.

People also say “in the cards”,

to mean something is likely to happen.

This phrase is actually comes from fortune tellers.

They use especial cards to supposedly,

predict a person’s future.

And that’s English in a Minute !