in the cards | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Destinedorfatedto happen;predictedorforeseen.I don't think another child isin the cardsfor them.1947, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations,Government Corporations Appropriation Bill for 1948, page31:You will not sell enough to put in your eye. It is notin the cards.2024October 8, Lauren Gruber, Megan Uy, “We Found Sooo Many Viral TikTok Items on Sale for October Prime Day”, inCosmopolitan‎[1]:Sometimes a trip to the spa is notin the cards, even if your gel manicure has seenwaaaaybetter days. These polish remover tools help cut costs and keep your natural nails looking v nice.

Examples:

EN: It ain't in the cards, baby.
ES: No saldrá bien, nena.
EN: - Yes, it's all here in the cards.
ES: - Sí, está todo en las cartas.
EN: It's all here in the cards.
ES: Está todo en las cartas.
EN: How so? Frau Blaschke herself saw it in the cards: a blond tall gentleman, of high rank...
ES: iPues para que lo sepas, la señora Blaschke me echó... las cartas y me habló de un caballero rubio y delgado... de elevada posición!
EN: It's just saying in the cards.
ES: Descubramos las cartas.
EN: It isn't in the cards.
ES: - A ver si me lo dicen las cartas.
ES: No está en las cartas.
EN: It just isn't in the cards.
ES: - Pero no es posible.
EN: It's not in the cards.
ES: ¡Déjalo, Tom! Lo nuestro estaba condenado.
EN: - You read that in the cards?
ES: - ¿Lees mis cartas?
EN: - It's in the cards.
ES: - Está en las tarjetas.
EN: There was lots of money across dark seas in the cards.
ES: En las cartas, vi mucho dinero en lo más profundo.
EN: You see, Cedric my friend, it is in the cards.
ES: ¿Ves, Cedric? Lo dicen las cartas.
EN: We've always been gonna get married, only it wasn't in the cards till now.
ES: No nos casamos antes por falta de ocasión.
EN: - It wasn't in the cards.
ES: ¡Oh, Señor! - No podría suceder.
EN: - It's all in the cards. - That's right.
ES: Son cosas de las cartas.

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