upset the apple cart
1 upset the apple cart
2 upset smb.’s (or the) apple(-)cart
3 upset smb.’s (or the) apple(-)cart
4 upset smb.’s 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.» (B. Shaw, ‘The Apple Cart’, act II) — Красс: «Король не может подать в отставку. » Магнус: «. Я не могу подать в отставку, но я могу отречься от престола. » Никобар: «Вы же опрокинете тележку с яблоками, то бишь ваше королевство.»
Oh, well, no matter how much I can accomplish here at Copperhead, I’ll upset the whole applecart when I get out and tell the world about it! (S. Lewis, ‘Ann Vickers’, ch. XXVII) — О, впрочем, как бы мало я ни сделала здесь, в Коперхеде, я еще переверну все вверх дном, когда выберусь отсюда и расскажу всему миру, что тут творится!
I don’t want to upset your applecart, Angelo. It’s just there’s something about these guys that gets my goat. (J. Jones, ‘From Here to Eternity’, ch. XXVI) — Я не хочу нарушать твоих планов, Анжело, но что-то эти типы действуют мне на нервы.
She upset the apple cart in more homes than one. (A. Christie, ‘Evil under the Sun’, ch. 1) — Арлена разрушила не одну семью.
См. также в других словарях:
upset the apple cart — see ↑upset, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑apple upset the apple cart see ↑upset, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑cart upset the apple cart informal : to do something that changes or spoils a … Useful english dictionary
upset the apple cart — If you upset the apple cart, you cause trouble and upset people … The small dictionary of idiomes
upset the apple cart — ► upset the apple cart spoil a plan. Main Entry: ↑apple … English terms dictionary
upset the apple-cart — To throw plans into confusion • • • Main Entry: ↑apple … Useful english dictionary
upset the apple cart — Digest 22/2002 to disturb the status quo; to shake up the existing situation The new president was installed and immediately upset the apple cart by appointing his own people to various positions in the administration. Similar to: rock the boat.… … Idioms and examples
upset the apple cart — If you upset the apple cart, you cause trouble and upset people. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Upset the apple cart — If you upset the apple cart, you cause trouble and upset people … Dictionary of English idioms
upset the apple cart — cause a major problem, stop progress You will upset the apple cart if you tell your folks we re moving … English idioms
upset\ the\ apple\ cart — • upset the applecart • upset one s applecart v. phr. informal To ruin a plan or what is being done, often by surprise or accident; change how things are or are being done, often unexpectedly; ruin or mix up another person s success or plan for… … Словарь американских идиом
upset the apple cart — spoil a plan. → apple … English new terms dictionary
upset the apple cart — confuse the order of events, cause chaos … English contemporary dictionary
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См. также в других словарях:
upset the apple cart — see ↑upset, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑apple upset the apple cart see ↑upset, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑cart upset the apple cart informal : to do something that changes or spoils a … Useful english dictionary
upset the apple cart — If you upset the apple cart, you cause trouble and upset people … The small dictionary of idiomes
upset the apple cart — ► upset the apple cart spoil a plan. Main Entry: ↑apple … English terms dictionary
upset the apple-cart — To throw plans into confusion • • • Main Entry: ↑apple … Useful english dictionary
upset the apple cart — Digest 22/2002 to disturb the status quo; to shake up the existing situation The new president was installed and immediately upset the apple cart by appointing his own people to various positions in the administration. Similar to: rock the boat.… … Idioms and examples
upset the apple cart — If you upset the apple cart, you cause trouble and upset people. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Upset the apple cart — If you upset the apple cart, you cause trouble and upset people … Dictionary of English idioms
upset the apple cart — cause a major problem, stop progress You will upset the apple cart if you tell your folks we re moving … English idioms
upset\ the\ apple\ cart — • upset the applecart • upset one s applecart v. phr. informal To ruin a plan or what is being done, often by surprise or accident; change how things are or are being done, often unexpectedly; ruin or mix up another person s success or plan for… … Словарь американских идиом
upset the apple cart — spoil a plan. → apple … English new terms dictionary
upset the apple cart — confuse the order of events, cause chaos … English contemporary dictionary
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to upset a person s apple cart
1 опрокинуть тележку с яблоками
2 испортить всю музыку
3 не расстраивай чьи-либо планы
4 перевёртывать вверх тормашками
Если б Макару дать власть, что бы он мог наделать? Он бы со своей ухваткой всю жизнь вверх тормашками поставил! (М. Шолохов, Поднятая целина) — If Makar was given the power, the things he’d get up to! Why, he’d turn life upside down!
5 портить обедню
— Э-эх! — с сожалением, тряхнув головой, воскликнул Яков Тарасович. — Всю обедню испортил ты, брат, мне! Разве можно так прямо вести дела с человеком? Тьфу! (М. Горький, Фома Гордеев) — ‘Tsch, tsch!’ said Mayakin with a doleful shake of his head. ‘You’ve spoiled the mass for me this time, lad! As if a person could come right out with things like that when he’s doing business! Pshaw!’
6 расстраивать (чьи-л.) планы
7 расстраивать планы
8 спутать все карты кому-либо
9 тележка с яблоками
10 карта
ка́рта ми́ра [полуша́рий] — map of the world [hemispheres]
морска́я ка́рта — (sea) chart / map
авиацио́нная ка́рта — aviation chart
коло́да карт — pack of cards
игра́ть в ка́рты — play cards
име́ть хоро́шие ка́рты — have a good hand
сдава́ть ка́рты — deal (round) the cards
тасова́ть ка́рты — shuffle the cards
ему́ везёт в ка́рты — he is lucky at cards
ка́рта инструмента́льной нала́дки тех. — tooling chart, tool layout
ка́рта выявле́ния и устране́ния неиспра́вностей — troubleshooting chart
ка́рта за́писи результа́тов (техни́ческого) обслу́живания — service chart / sheet
амбулато́рная / больни́чная ка́рта — (patient’s) file, case record
звукова́я ка́рта — sound card
раскры́ть свои́ ка́рты — show one’s cards / hand, lay one’s cards on the table
поста́вить всё на ка́рту — stake one’s all
его́ ка́рта би́та — his game is up
ему́ и ка́рты в ру́ки — it’s up to him, he knows the ropes, he’s a dab hand
смеша́ть / спу́тать чьи-л ка́рты — spoil / ruin smb’s game; upset smb’s plans [apple cart]
ка́рта вин — wine list
11 портить всю музыку
— [Адмирал] подбирает по фамилиям. К нам — Петровых, а на «Бурном» — Ивановых набрал. Только там командир подгадил, Гобята по фамилии, всю музыку ему портит. (Л. Соболев, Капитальный ремонт) — A crazy whim of the Admiral’s. Sends all the Petrovs here, and all the Ivanovs to the Burny. The Commanding Officer there spoilt the whole show, though — his name is Gobyata.
12 путать карты
[Багратион] ловко путал карты неприятеля и, ускользая, как змея, в конце концов вырвался из его лап без генерального боя. (С. Голубов, Багратион) — Bagrattion had skilfully upset the enemy’s plans and, wriggling like a serpent, had at last managed to escape from his clutches without a general engagement.
Профанам это было невдомёк. Но знатоки понимали, что погода может сейчас спутать все карты на лыжне. (Л. Кассиль, Ход белой королевы) — Laymen were ignorant of such matters, but expert skiers knew only too well that the weather could work havoc.
Директор завода, решив, что какой-то давний спор между друзьями путает ему сейчас карты, бросился спасать положение. (В. Ерёменко, Слепой дождь) — The director of the plant, deciding that some long-standing argument between the two friends was spoiling his hand at the moment, rushed in to save the situation.
13 испортить всю музыку
14 спутать все карты
15 испортить
16 низложить
17 опровергнуть
18 сбить с ног
19 свергнуть
20 создать неприятную ситуацию
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upset\ one’s\ apple\ cart — • upset the applecart • upset one s applecart v. phr. informal To ruin a plan or what is being done, often by surprise or accident; change how things are or are being done, often unexpectedly; ruin or mix up another person s success or plan for… … Словарь американских идиом
upset\ the\ apple\ cart — • upset the applecart • upset one s applecart v. phr. informal To ruin a plan or what is being done, often by surprise or accident; change how things are or are being done, often unexpectedly; ruin or mix up another person s success or plan for… … Словарь американских идиом
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upset — 1 verb past tense and past participle upset (T) 1 to make someone feel unhappy or worried: I m sorry, I didn t mean to upset you. 2 to change a plan or situation in a way that causes problems: The delicate ecological balance of the area was upset … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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upset the applecart
upset the applecart
Meaning
- spoil or disrupt a plan or arrangement
- disprove a theory
Example Sentences
- We had planned to hold a get-together in the evening, but bad weather upset the applecart.
- Look, please don’t upset the applecart, just go to supplier and ask to replace this damaged part of our customized car project.
- The five members of that group wanted to go for a trip to Himalayas, but Jone, the sixth member upset the applecart by denying to go.
- Sarah, really don’t want to upset the applecart by asking you to change the timing of the party, but she is really helpless.
- Hey, Jeff are you nuts? You always upset the apple-cart and never agreed with anybody in the class.
- Matt was so excited about his marriage function, he arranged everything in party so well but the bad weather and heavy rain upset the apple cart.
- There is only one person right here, sitting between us who only can upset the applecart and you all know whom I am talking about.
Origin
This great idiom originated as “upset the cart” and it has been in use since Roman times which has similar meaning: “mess up the whole thing” though, the exact dates of this phrase were from the late 1700s.
So, this idiom is originally derived from a Roman phrase “upset the cart” and it is to be believed that later, it becomes “upset the applecart”.
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