shake the foundations of something
rock the foundations of something
shake something to its foundations
rock something to its foundations

The vast port control building was shaken to its foundations.

"The novel didn't shake the literary world to its foundations," he said.

Tom's whole structure of faith was shaken to its foundations.

Above them the bombs were shaking the house to its foundations.

At that moment the telegraph office shook to its foundations.

If enough players decide to go along, the ripple effects will probably shake the game to its foundations.

Only ten years since the world was shaken to its foundations, and now they want to fight over the scraps.

And he's going to do this in a way that shakes the civilized world to its foundations.

Or was it a storm that would shake all things to their foundations?

Probably the woman had found a man who told her no; that would be enough to shake Berelain's world to its foundations.