ask for trouble

ask for trouble

Poking grass for snakes, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ō C ǎ ox ú NSH é, which means to provoke villains and trouble themselves. It comes from Peony Pavilion: Huisheng.

Analysis of Idioms

Asking for trouble

The origin of Idioms

Tang Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the Peony Pavilion: if I kill you, I'll pluck grass and seek snakes. If I kill you, I'll wait for the rabbit

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or object; used to make trouble. "I think about plucking grass to look for snakes, but this time there are no snakes." now you are afraid of the new reform of the Empress Dowager's obstruction. You should turn back the grass to seek the snake and lift up the Empress Dowager's side! (the 12th chapter of Huang Xiaopei's damabian in Qing Dynasty)