Adams had almost overset the apple-cart by intruding an amendment of his own fabrication on the morning of the day of ratification.

" 在（宪法）批准的那天早上，约翰·亚当斯擅自修改了他自己编造的一项修正案，差点把事情砸（overset the apple-cart）" 。

They rowed back. As the prince held out his arms to catch his sister, such numbers leaped in that the boat was overset.

他们将船划了回去，王子将手伸向妹妹时，其他许多人也涌到船上来，小船翻了。

Why, you do not suppose a man is overset by a bottle?

你不一个人被一瓶吧？

Perhaps many travellers have not been under greater difficulties and distress than I was at this juncture, expecting every moment to see my box dashed to pieces, or at least overset by the first violent blast, or rising wave.

或许许多旅行者都没有遇到过比我更大的困难和痛苦，在这个时刻，我每时每刻都担心我的箱子被摔得粉碎，或者至少被第一阵猛烈的风暴或涌起的海浪掀翻。

Anne lighted the lamp, oversetting the match safe and using up half a dozen matches before her shaking hands could accomplish the task.

安妮点亮了灯，将火柴打翻，在她颤抖的双手完成任务之前用完了六根火柴。

I am also the soldier that overset your stall.

我也是打翻你摊位的士兵。

We therefore trusted ourselves to the mercy of the waves, and in about half an hour the boat was overset by a sudden flurry from the north.

我们因此将自己的命运交给了海浪的摆布，大约半小时后，一阵突然从北方袭来的狂风将小船打翻了。

They were still not safe; for he was such a great beast that in his fall he overset the boat, and they had to swim in the open sea upon a few planks.

他们仍然不安全；因他是一头巨大的野兽， 摔倒时弄翻了小船，他们不得不靠几块木板在大海中游泳。