be asking for trouble

SENSIBLEto do something that is very likely to have a bad effect or result 自找麻烦

Saying that to a feminist is just asking for trouble.

对一个女权主义者说那样的话简直是在自找麻烦。

Examples from the Corpus

be asking for trouble• Anyone who buys second-hand car tires is just asking for trouble.• Producing a play without an interval these days is asking for trouble.• That would simply be asking for trouble!• Walking around downtown late at night is just asking for trouble.• You'd better check the oil in your car. Otherwise you're just asking for trouble.• You need to have a good knowledge of the industry before you buy stocks, or you're asking for trouble.• Certainly don't put them one in front of the other, as this is asking for trouble.• If you leave your wallet unattended on the beach while frolicking in the waves, you are asking for trouble.• Kitty was totally preoccupied with the threatened invasion, and to tell her this would be asking for trouble.• One cautious council member thought the parish would be asking for trouble by starting a sister-parish relationship in a war zone.• It was asking for trouble especially if you wore glasses like him.

→ be asking for trouble at ask1(2)

单词	be asking for trouble
释义	be asking for trouble be asking for trouble SENSIBLEto do something that is very likely to have a bad effect or result 自找麻烦 Saying that to a feminist is just asking for trouble. 对一个女权主义者说那样的话简直是在自找麻烦。 Examples from the Corpus be asking for trouble• Anyone who buys second-hand car tires is just asking for trouble.• Producing a play without an interval these days is asking for trouble.• That would simply be asking for trouble!• Walking around downtown late at night is just asking for trouble.• You'd better check the oil in your car. Otherwise you're just asking for trouble.• You need to have a good knowledge of the industry before you buy stocks, or you're asking for trouble.• Certainly don't put them one in front of the other, as this is asking for trouble.• If you leave your wallet unattended on the beach while frolicking in the waves, you are asking for trouble.• Kitty was totally preoccupied with the threatened invasion, and to tell her this would be asking for trouble.• One cautious council member thought the parish would be asking for trouble by starting a sister-parish relationship in a war zone.• It was asking for trouble especially if you wore glasses like him. → be asking for trouble at ask1(2)
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