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
And that is where we upset the apple cart perhaps most profoundly in our approach to presentation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2021
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
"Won't it upset the apple cart to-morrow," he said, very loudly; "won't it?"
From The Inheritors by Conrad, Joseph
