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applecart

/ˈæplkɑːt/noun

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सेब बेचने की ठेला-गाड़ी

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as idiom

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a cart used for selling apples in the street

    सेब बेचने की ठेला-गाड़ी

    • The idiom pictures somebody knocking over an applecart in the market.
    • The vendor pushed his applecart through the narrow lane.
    • An applecart stood outside the railway station, loaded with fruit from Kashmir.
    + 2 more examples
    • The boys helped the old man push his applecart up the hill.
    • A stray cow overturned the applecart and the apples rolled down the road.
Idioms 1

upset the applecart

to cause a plan or an arrangement to fail by doing something unexpected

बना-बनाया खेल बिगाड़ देना, योजना पर पानी फेर देना

  • Don't upset the applecart by changing the plan at the last minute.
  • The new candidate upset the applecart for the ruling party.
§Grammar and usage

Upset the applecart means to spoil a plan or a settled arrangement.

Upset the applecart का अर्थ है किसी योजना या जमी-जमाई व्यवस्था को बिगाड़ देना।