大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 upset the apple cart


释义：

upset the apple cart 美梦破灭

例句：



"Don't upset the apple cart," says the bird in this painting, a titmouse, considered an untrustworthy animal in Cherokee lore.

画中的山雀说道：“不要弄翻了这辆苹果车。”在印第安切罗基族人的眼里，山雀是不值得信赖的动物。


On the rare occasions when human rights have upset the apple cart there was usually a pressing need for change.


What follows is a back-of-the-envelope view of monthly loan capacity based on what sources see as reasonable assumptions (and no outside shocks to upset the apple cart).


If things continue as they are, with the economy in good shape, the polls still in the government's favour and no unforeseen "events" erupting to upset the apple cart, there is little reason for the prime minister to wait.