applecart

• Sustantivo con dos significados distintos: puede referirse a un carro o carretilla manual para vender frutas en la calle, o, en sentido figurado, a un plan o arreglo que se viene abajo cuando alguien «trastoca los planes» (upsets the applecart).

A noun with two distinct meanings: it can refer to a handcart used for selling fruit on the street, or idiomatically to a plan or arrangement that is disrupted when someone 'upsets the applecart'.

1. A plan or arrangementB2informal

   A scheme, plan, or state of affairs that is carefully arranged, often used in the phrase 'upset the applecart' meaning to spoil or disrupt a plan.

   Plan cuidadosamente dispuesto

   • His sudden resignation really upset the applecart for the whole project.
   • She was worried that her comments would upset the applecart at the family dinner.
   • The new regulations have upset the applecart for many small businesses.

   Sinónimosarrangementdesignenterpriseplanprogramprojectschemeundertaking

2. A street vendor's cartB1formalbritish

   A handcart used by a street vendor to sell apples and other fruit in public places.

   Carrito de vendedor ambulante de frutas

   • The old man pushed his applecart through the market square.
   • She bought a bag of apples from a street vendor's applecart.
   • The applecart was parked on the corner of the street every morning.

   Sinónimosbarrowhandcartpushcart