- upset the apple cart
- phrasal to disturb or overturn a natural or stable order
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
upset the apple cart
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upset the apple cart — see ↑upset, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑apple upset the apple cart see ↑upset, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑cart upset the apple cart informal : to do something that changes or spoils a … Useful english dictionary
upset the apple cart — If you upset the apple cart, you cause trouble and upset people … The small dictionary of idiomes
upset the apple cart — ► upset the apple cart spoil a plan. Main Entry: ↑apple … English terms dictionary
upset the apple-cart — To throw plans into confusion • • • Main Entry: ↑apple … Useful english dictionary
upset the apple cart — Digest 22/2002 to disturb the status quo; to shake up the existing situation The new president was installed and immediately upset the apple cart by appointing his own people to various positions in the administration. Similar to: rock the boat.… … Idioms and examples
upset the apple cart — If you upset the apple cart, you cause trouble and upset people. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Upset the apple cart — If you upset the apple cart, you cause trouble and upset people … Dictionary of English idioms
upset the apple cart — cause a major problem, stop progress You will upset the apple cart if you tell your folks we re moving … English idioms
upset\ the\ apple\ cart — • upset the applecart • upset one s applecart v. phr. informal To ruin a plan or what is being done, often by surprise or accident; change how things are or are being done, often unexpectedly; ruin or mix up another person s success or plan for… … Словарь американских идиом
upset the apple cart — spoil a plan. → apple … English new terms dictionary
upset the apple cart — confuse the order of events, cause chaos … English contemporary dictionary
