(one's) applecart



(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.
See also: applecart

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ØRjanUUR-yahnNorwegian
Consolatakon-so-LAH-tahItalian
Wynonawi-NON-əEnglish
MareMAH-re (Croatian)Estonian, Slovene, Macedonian, Croatian
DaithÍDAH-heeIrish
Abhay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi