At the very moment when the underdeveloped countries of the world need our united and intelligently planned help more than ever before, the African applecart is not only being upset, but overturned. ❋ Unknown (1960)
"jurisprudence constante", which means "don't rule on a whim". (no lawyer can understand a concept until it's been translated into Latin) Don't upset the applecart is the conservative frame of mind. ❋ Unknown (2008)
It looked as if he were about to upset not just the applecart but the entire market. ❋ Unknown (2011)
When they have you in their back pocket, you aren't going to do anything to seriously upset the applecart. johnnyhouse ❋ Unknown (2010)
PARIS—Gustave and Martial Caillebotte were born into a large, wealthy Parisian family in the mid-19th century, just as the city was in the ferment of transformation: Baron Haussmann was turning medieval streets into wide boulevards, steam trains revolutionized travel and the Impressionists were upsetting the art world's academic applecart. ❋ Judy Fayard (2011)
In particular nothing will be done to upset the applecart of us being 'at the heart of Europe', a badge which our leaders wear, for a while, to signify that they are important people, taken seriously by the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and the rest of the EU gangster crew, for Cameron is one who has an even greater desire to be loved than does Tony Blair. ❋ Unknown (2009)
This kind of impact causes contusions in the front and back areas of the brain and can create microscopic bleeding and shearing of neural pathways, causing synapses to misfire, upsetting the applecart of your brain, sometimes forever. ❋ Mira Bartók (2011)
As this article notes, it was Jesse Jackson who upset this collegial applecart. ❋ Unknown (2010)
That would be a wild card that would upset the Latino applecart for Obama, Coker said. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Sam Leith has written of the Waughs' "patrilineal inability to pass an applecart without giving it a shove" and Alec was a bit of a rebel. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Last week, the Florida Republican Party decided to flout Republican National Committee rules and upset the delicate applecart of American political tr... ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2011)
He said that he and his colleagues in the intelligence community were extremely concerned that the continued investigation by the Swiss authorities threatened to upset a very volatile applecart. ❋ Catherine Collins (2011)
Sorry to upset your little elitist applecart. ivan ❋ Unknown (2010)
This boycott has threatened to upset the applecart at a time when conservatives seem to be cementing their stranglehold over the Republican Party. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Putting the best face on it, Mr. Bauer and Mr. Verrilli saw what the White House women-leader allies also saw, and, like the pro-choice leaders, didn't protest, for fear the whole health care reform applecart would be upset. ❋ Unknown (2010)
