upset the apple cart
Example Sentences
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They brought in healthy viewing figures, rarely upset the apple cart, and even went on holiday together.
From BBC • May 20, 2023
“It only takes one thing to upset the apple cart, so to speak,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 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
"And you might square it, Lyddy, by saying as 'twasn't you who upset the apple cart."
From The Silent House by Hume, Fergus
