upset the applecart

Meaning: (idiomatic)Todisorganizeorspoilsomething, especially anestablishedarrangementorplan.Synonyms:cook someone's goose,drive a coach and horses through;see alsoThesaurus:spoil,Thesaurus:put a damper on1900,E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 22, inA Millionaire of Yesterday‎[1]:“There are three reasons,” Trent answered. “First, he may find his way to England andupset the applecart;[…]”1922,William Somerset Maugham,Caesar's Wife, act 3,page136:She told me herself just now that the worst was over. And those confounded people must go andupset the applecart.1979December 10, “Business: Putting Brakes on a Bailout”, inTime‎[2], archived fromthe originalon10 February 2012:Last week the Senate Banking Committeeupset thecarefully stackedapple cartwhen it voted 10 to 5 not to approve the Administration's bill.2011, Mira Bartók,The Memory Palace,→ISBN,page 5:This kind of impact causes contusions in the front and back areas of the brain and can create microscopic bleeding and shearing of neural pathways, causing synapses to misfire,upsetting the applecartof your brain, sometimes forever.

Examples:

EN: I've upset the applecart!
ES: Cuántas manzanas de la discordia.
EN: In my view, Nurse, if mother's doing well, you don't want to upset the applecart by waving it under her nose.
ES: Desde mi punto de vista, enfermera, si la madre está bien, no querrá alterar los planes por ponérselo debajo de su nariz.
EN: I hope I haven't upset the applecart.
ES: Espero que no haber creado problemas.
ID: Semoga aku tak membuatmu cemas.
EN: You have to hand it to them, these fellows from Youngstown, they certainly upset the applecart, didn't they?
ES: Usted tiene que darlo a ellos, estos tipos de Youngstown, ciertamente alterar el carretón con manzanas, ¿verdad?
ID: Kau harus serahkan mereka orang-orang dari Youngstown ini, Mereka jelas telah membuat kesal orang tertentu, bukan begitu?
EN: Yes, yes, yes, exactly, it's... ..it's, it's easy to shirk them - to not upset the applecart.
ES: Sí, sí, exacto. Es... Es fácil evitarlas con tal de no agitar el avispero, es una manera muy legítima de jugar al abogado del diablo,
ID: Ya, ya, ya, tepatnya, itu ini, sangat mudah untuk mengelak mereka untuk tidak marah applecart tersebut.
EN: Why upset the applecart if it's keeping you safe, right?
ES: ¿Por qué molestar al carro de manzanas si te mantiene a salvo, verdad?
ES: ¿Por qué trastornar el carro de manzanas? Si te mantiene a salvo, ¿verdad?
ID: Kenapa harus membuat kekacauan jika... itu membuatmu tetap aman, bukan?
EN: I'll just upset the applecart.
ES: Voy a trastornar el carro de manzanas.
ID: Akan kurusak saja rencanamu.

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