you're asking for it

you're asking for it

Ask for trouble, Chinese word idiom, pronunciation is Z ì t ǎ OK ǔ ch ī, meaning to find trouble to eat. It's from Tao An Meng Yi Zhu Yunlai's female drama.

Analysis of Idioms

Looking for trouble

Idiom usage

But I have a problem that I suspect that I am asking for trouble, that is, I have to think about it occasionally. Lu Xun's Huagai collection after "hitting the wall"

The origin of Idioms

Zhang Dai of the Ming Dynasty wrote in Tao An Meng Yi Zhu Yunlai's female Drama: "it's the ignorant old and cheap who ask for trouble to protect themselves and work day and night."