be asking for trouble

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to behave in a way that is very likely to result in trouble

   My dear warlords

In the movies · 1

• My dear warlordsHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World2019
• Chase Andrews and the Marsh Girl? Now if that ain't asking for trouble.Where the Crawdads Sing2022
• You re just asking for troubleHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World2019
• When I asked her what the trouble was,Searching2018

From the same entry

• ask for it
• don't ask
• don't ask me
• for the asking
• I ask you
• if you ask me
• ask after
• ask around
• ask back
• ask for
• ask out
• a big ask

More idioms

• every bit as good
• only have yourself to blame
• let's hear it for
• on display
• say the word
• mean to say
• see the world
• at the crack of dawn
• be all the rage
• frighten to death
• have a bone to pick with
• have a mind of your own