(one's) applecart

One's plans or goals. I'm worried that not making the Olympic team after so many years of hard work would totally upset Ben's applecart. Look, he's not trying to upset her applecart—he just needs to meet later in the day now, that's all.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pip	PIP	English
Marcia	['ma:sjə]
Boguslav	-	Medieval Slavic
Ricard	-	Catalan
Easter	EES-tər	English
Kristijan	KREES-tee-yahn (Serbian, Croatian)	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian