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Upset the apple cart

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You upset the apple cart when you ruin someone's plans, or disrupt the normal operation of something.

This idiom came from the literal image of a cart of apples being tipped over at the markets, causing chaos and disruption.

We were going to hold the party outdoors, but a storm came and really upset the apple cart.

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