upset the apple cart

基本解釋

Don't try to deal with important issues or make changes that will upset the apple cart.
本周不要處理重要問題或是做出可能會(huì)破壞計(jì)劃的變動(dòng)；
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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(huì)破壞同事名譽(yù)的一些事，最好不要宣揚(yáng)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(shuō)道：“不要弄翻了這輛蘋果車。”在印第安切羅基族人的眼里，山雀是不值得信賴的動(dòng)物。

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