upset the apple cart

English

Verb

upset the apple cart (third-person singular simple present upsets the apple cart, present participle upsetting the apple cart, simple past and past participle upset the apple cart)

  1. Alternative form of upset the applecart
    • 2020 November 4, “Stocks Rally as Wall St. Sees Silver Lining in Divided Government”, in New York Times‎:
      “At this point, we’ve got a couple days’ good grace with the market — but we need a winner fairly soon or it’s going to upset the apple cart,” said Ryan Detrick, the chief market strategist at LPL Financial.
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