upset the apple cart
Example Sentences
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After a journalist friend covered her protestations as a news story, Gladstone sensed that staff were unhappy that she had upset the apple cart.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2024
I recognize that you’re not “following a plan,” if you upset the apple cart and start all over again.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 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
Said one expert: “Candidly, the only thing that could upset the apple cart in California is if we build a whole bunch of housing and that’s as likely as an alien attack.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2017
"Won't it upset the apple cart to-morrow," he said, very loudly; "won't it?"
From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph
