in the cards
Likely to occur
In the cards means likely or destined to happen, as if foretold by fortune-telling: A promotion wasn't in the cards for her.
The phrase comes from tarot or playing-card divination, where the cards supposedly reveal the future.
Often used in the negative: It just wasn't in the cards.
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- written in the starsFated by cosmic design
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- fatePredetermined course of events
dealt · astrology · tarot · deck of cards · likelihood · prophecy · meant to be · bound to happen · oracle · fortune · horoscope · augury · inevitability · what will be · odds · probable · potential · providence
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
- Possibilitymaybe, perhaps, possibly, could, might
- gambling lingoall in, ante up, raise the stakes, go all in, high roller
- opportunitygolden opportunity, window of opportunity, opportunity knocks, once in a lifetime, golden chance
- feasibilityfeasibility, feasible, viability, viable, practicality
likelihood/expectation
in the cardsout of the question
Completely impossible to consider
unlikely · impossible · improbable · unexpected · inconceivable