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自讨苦吃自找苦吃zì tǎo kǔ chīask(/look) for trouble; bring trouble upon oneself; make a rod for oneself (/for one’s own back); put one’s finger( s) in the fire; make things unnecessarily difficult for oneself; ride for a fall
❍ 哼，还想读书？知趣一点，免得～！ (《高玉宝》61) But he wants to go on with his studies! Unless he knows his place he’s asking for trouble.
❍ 放着阳光大道不走，偏走独木桥。～。(黎汝清《海岛女民兵》43) You could be walking along fortune’s wide road but you would choose the risky plank of insecurity! You’re asking for trouble.
❍ 万一给自己一个难堪，不是～，碰一鼻子灰还没有地方去洗哩。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—429) If he got himself snubbed for his pains he would only have himself to thank and it would be most embarrassing to be sent away with a flea in his ear.
❍ 老刘呀！ 我们不能再去自找苦吃！ (吴强《红日》37) Liu,old friend,we can’t go on making things unnecessarily difficult forourselves. 自讨苦吃bring trouble upon oneself; ask for(or invite)trouble 自讨苦吃zì tǎo kǔ chī自己找苦吃。比喻自惹麻烦。ask for trouble, ride for a fall, seek out hardships for oneself, look for trouble, ask for it |