be asking for it/trouble
Definition
› to be behaving stupidly in a way that is likely to cause problems for you: Drinking alcohol before driving is really asking for trouble. I'm not surprised she lost her job - she was really asking for it.Behaving in a silly way
(Definition of be asking for it/trouble from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- act/play the goat idiom
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