ask for trouble
Example Sentences
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When you ask for trouble, the world often obliges.
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022
A very early sign that Liverpool are in the mood to go for it, because sitting back would just ask for trouble?
From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2015
A very early sign that Liverpool are in the mood to go for it, because sitting back would just ask for trouble?
From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2015
To ask an environmentalist to dine, however, is to ask for trouble.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And the man did ask for trouble, sir.
From The Abandoned Room by Camp, Wadsworth