tempt fate

Instead it will tempt fate — and the weather gods — by playing the final at open-air MetLife.

Of Crumb’s more generalized racist depictions, Nadel writes: “Essentially it’s both racist and excoriating. Robert indicts himself, the reader, and the entire culture. He can’t help but tempt fate in order to prove a point. No happy endings or pat lessons in Crumb Land.”

I don't want to tempt fate by saying we are going to win it, and I also think it depends a lot on how we do in the next couple of weeks.

With California's population near 40 million, the need for housing has prompted builders to tempt fate by erecting homes in fire-prone areas.

“We didn’t want to tempt fate,” Dickson said, laughing as he recalled the March 7 incident.