Meaning of upset the applecart | Babel Free

Definitions

To disorganize or spoil something, especially an established arrangement or plan.

idiomatic

Examples

““There are three reasons,” Trent answered. “First, he may find his way to England and upset the applecart; […]””

“She told me herself just now that the worst was over. And those confounded people must go and upset the applecart.”

“Last week the Senate Banking Committee upset the carefully stacked apple cart when it voted 10 to 5 not to approve the Administration's bill.”

“This kind of impact causes contusions in the front and back areas of the brain and can create microscopic bleeding and shearing of neural pathways, causing synapses to misfire, upsetting the applecart of your brain, sometimes forever.”

CEFR level