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applecart

[ ap-uhl-kahrt ]

noun

  1. a pushcart used by a vendor of apples.


applecart

/ 藞忙辫蓹濒藢办蓱藧迟 /

noun

  1. a cart or barrow from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street
  2. upset the applecart
    to spoil plans or arrangements
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of applecart1

First recorded in 1780鈥90; apple + cart
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. upset the / someone's applecart, to ruin plans or arrangements; spoil something:

    He was making a fantastic profit until a competitor upset the applecart by cutting prices.

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Example Sentences

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Albert Einstein famously upset Isaac Newton鈥檚 applecart by figuring out space and time aren鈥檛 separate and light energy isn鈥檛 like a continuous ray, but is 鈥減ackaged鈥 as photons that are both particles and waves.

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From applecart and biodiversity to xeriscaping and zucchini, this delightfully readable resource is filled with hope.

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The case for progress seems 鈥渋ncontrovertible,鈥 McClellan says, and Pinker鈥檚 call for pursuing further advances 鈥渨ithout upsetting the applecart鈥 makes sense.

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鈥淚鈥檓 not planning to step on nobody鈥檚 foot or get in some controversy or turn over the applecart. I鈥檓 just going to be Eddie. Whatever comes out, that鈥檚 what it鈥檚 going to be.鈥

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Todd Phillips鈥 Joker spins the tale of a pathetic loser who ends up a winner, the low-class upstart who upsets the applecart and explodes the establishment.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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