upset the apple cart
Example Sentences
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He was the grown up in the room, the guy who read the briefing papers, understood the spreadsheets and did not upset the apple cart.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2023
“And I didn’t feel like there was any need to upset the apple cart there. We’ll keep going how we are.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022
I had upset the apple cart, you see, when all I wanted to be was a great football player.
From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2020
He seems to be that rare species of celebrity – happy at home, fulfilled at work, and with no vaulting ambition to upset the apple cart.
From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2020
"Won't it upset the apple cart to-morrow," he said, very loudly; "won't it?"
From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph
