upset the apple cart
基本解释
- 美夢破滅
英汉例句
- Don't try to deal with important issues or make changes that will upset the apple cart.
本周不要処理重要問題或是做出可能會破壞計劃的變動；
blog.sina.com.cn - It is best not to upset the apple cart if you learn information that may damage a colleague's reputation.
要是你知道了會破壞同事名譽的一些事，最好不要宣敭出去。 - "Don't upset the apple cart, " says the bird in this painting, a titmouse, considered an untrustworthy animal in Cherokee lore.
畫中的山雀說道：“不要弄繙了這輛蘋果車。”在印第安切羅基族人的眼裡，山雀是不值得信賴的動物。 - On the rare occasions when human rights have upset the apple cart there was usually a pressing need for change.
ECONOMIST: The Human Rights Act has not lived up to expectations. Good - 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).
FORBES: Loan Market Technicals Cool In Late September, But Tone Stays Strong
雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- to cause trouble, especially by spoiling someone's plans