idiot card

idiot card

slang In broadcasting, a card or board that displays the text that someone is to recite; a cue card. I don't need one of those idiot cards, thank you very much—I have the whole thing memorized.
See also: card, idiot
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

idiot card

n. a large card that shows people on television what to say. The floor director held up an idiot card so I could read out the telephone number.
See also: card, idiot
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • a wild card
  • wild card
  • drawing card
  • card in
  • a/your trump card
  • someone's trump card
  • trump card
  • a calling card
  • calling card
  • card out
References in periodicals archive
Out on the track Jayne "Paxman" Middlemiss was still clutching her idiot cards in case she forgets big questions like, "well done, how does it feel?"
Ian Hyland: CLASH OF TIGHT'UNS