applecart
- n the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart'
- n a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street
- Then, in 1983, a novel called Midnight's Children exploded out of nowhere, to upset the placid applecart of English literature, play merry havoc with the English language and create .
- But when, in July, the state offered a 25% share in the giant firm Svyazinvest, the state telecommunications monopoly, Potanin upset the applecart.
- But Sharp would manage to not only join the ranks of the DNA research pioneers, but also upset the applecart in the process.