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Definition of Ask for trouble
1. Verb. Persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble. "He is asking for trouble with his behavior"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ask For Trouble
Literary usage of Ask for trouble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"To place the Italians at Taranto, the French at Corfu, and other people at other
places, is to ask for trouble. But Italian pride cannot stomach a French ..."
2. The Secret Woman by Eden Phillpotts (1905)
"'Twill ask for trouble an' torment an' a deal of love to do it. Such love — but
you'll be blessed for all eternity. It surely means there's time even yet to ..."
3. The Valley of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Arthur Conan Doyle (1914)
"... and that's a heavy hand in these parts, as Brother Baldwin knows—and as you
will damn soon find out, Brother McMurdo, if you ask for trouble! ..."
4. Our Women: Chapters on the Sex-discord by Arnold Bennett (1920)
"I was entirely innocent in the whole affair. I didn't ask for trouble. I didn't
throw out any challenges. On the contrary it was I who was challenged, ..."
5. Training for the Trenches: A Practical Handbook Based Upon Personal by Leslie Vickers (1917)
"To fire over it is to ask for trouble. The body and legs should be placed in such
a position that they are covered as much as possible by the earth thrown ..."
6. The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1882)
"We may not ask for trouble, but if we were wise we should look upon it as the
shadow of an unusually great blessing. Dread the calm, it is often treacherous ..."
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