"Let's not turn over the apple cart and offer them an idea a day."
We don't want to upset the apple cart too much.
But the apple cart was soon to turn over (though he couldn't see it coming).
"All you need is a couple little things to upset the apple cart."
At this point, I don't want to upset the apple cart.
I don't expect him to turn the apple cart upside down.
As a change agent, we often upset the apple cart.
"The last thing I want to do is upset the apple cart for only 22 or 23 more rooms."
"They want me to lose because I'm going to upset their apple cart."
As I said, you could have upset the apple cart badly.