applecart

1. They may also be friends of the chairman, so they are reluctant to upset the applecart.
   他们也可能是主席的朋友，所以他们不愿从中作梗。
2. We thought we would give him a pleasant surprise by giving him our present on his birthday, but Mary leaked out the secret and upset the applecart.
   我们本来想在他生日那天把礼物给他，让他惊喜一番，但玛丽所秘密泄漏了，打乱了计划。
3. Don't let Barry know about our plans for the ski trip or he'll upset the applecart.
   别让巴里知道我们要去滑雪，他会坏事儿的。
4. Her refusal to help quite upset the applecart.
   她不肯帮忙，计画也就落空了。
5. For the past three weeks we have been carefully planning the garden party, but the continual rain has upset our applecart.
   在过去的三周里，我们一直在安排这次游园会，但雨下个不停，把我们的计划全搅乱了。
6. When he referred to that incident of last year, he upset the applecart and the whole deal fell through.
   他提到去年的那起事件，令前功尽弃，整笔生意就此泡汤。

noun

1. a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street

2. the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart'