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
   • 2013, George Deeb, 101 Startup Lessons: An Entrepreneur's Handbook, →ISBN, page 10:

     As, it may be cheaper to ultimately build the solution yourself, and not have to deal with any of the business combination or cultural integration issues of a merger or acquisition. Proceed only with caution here, to not upset the apple cart.

   • 2015, Percival Constantine, Curse of the Necronomicon:

     Might upset the apple cart if you go off on a hunt for your ex.

   • 2020 November 4, “Stocks Rally as Wall St. Sees Silver Lining in Divided Government”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “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.