A: Do you think your school’s basketball team will win the tournament this year?

B: They’ve played very well today, but a championship title is not in the cards.

Note: This idiom means “very unlikely to happen, occur or take place.” This saying is based on the use of tarot cards (a set of cards with pictures representing different parts of life) that are believed to be able to show what will happen in the future. If something is in (on) the cards, it’s very likely to happen.