(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
Yermolai	-	Russian
Feliciana	fe-lee-THYAH-nah (Spanish), fe-lee-SYAH-nah (Latin American Spanish), fay-lee-CHYAH-nah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Late Roman
Hunberct	-	Ancient Germanic
Vanya	-	Russian
Seleucus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Blue	[blu:]