apple-cart

plural apple-carts

1. alternativeAlternative form of applecart.

   But unless one has lost one's senses one does not upset the apple-cart unless one can count on collecting some at least of the apples which roll to the ground.

   1922, The Nation and Athenæum - Volume 31, page 559

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   Then some rude soldiers, also from another nation, pushed through the crowd to take a look for themselves, and with great violence tney ran against the apple-cart of the old woman standing there.

   1911, J. Rush Bronson, Clarence M. Hunt, The Grizzly Bear - Volumes 9-11, page 31

   The doctor is being kept away from a great many homes right now, and a lot of people whose first purchase was a friendly gesture in behalf of the unemployed will doubtless stay on the apple-cart permanently, having discovered that it is a good place on which to ride.

   1930, Outlook and Independent - Volume 156, page 505

   Some have remained silent for fear of upsetting the dogmatic apple-cart or, perhaps, in some misguided attempt to preserve “the unity of the Spirit” (eph 4:3).

   2015, Chris Woodall, Atonement: God's Means of Effecting Man's Reconciliation, →ISBN, page 123