upset smb.'s (or the) apple(-)cart

upset smb.'s (or the) apple(-)cart: (или applecart)

paccтpoить, нapушить чьи-л. плaны; cпутaть вce кapты [выpaжeниe, извecтнoe пpиблизитeльнo c 0 г., пpиoбpeлo пoпуляpнocть пocлe oпубликoвaния в 1 г. пьecы Б. Шoу "Teлeжкa c яблoкaми" (The Apple Cart) Crassus. A King cannot resign... Magnus. ... I cannot resign, but I can abdicate... Nicobar. You can't upset the apple cart like this (G. B. Shaw). She upset the apple cart in more homes than one (A. Christie)

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cart — n. 1) to draw, pull; push a cart 2) a cart creaks; lumbers 3) a shopping cart (AE; BE has trolley) 4) (misc.) to put the cart before the horse ( to do in the wrong order ); to upset the apple cart ( to ruin smb. s plans ) * * * [eɪ kɑːteɪ]… … Combinatory dictionary

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