down with his apple-cart
down with his apple-cart
obsolete slang Knock him down; throw him to the ground. (Apple-cart being an antiquated slang term for a person's body.) I tell you, lads, down with his apple-cart and take what you can from his pockets!
See also: down
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- come a cropper
- come a-cropper
- come a gutser
- be down to (one)
- be down to somebody/something
- be down to something
- be down to (do something)
- bite down on (something)
- bounce up and down
- chomp down on (someone or something)