
ask for it 自找麻煩自找苦吃
該習語是ask for trouble的非正規(guī)的口語表達方式。如:Don’t be late again, or you’ll ask for it.(別再遲到了,要不然你會自找苦吃的。)
A: Do you know what happened? 你猜怎么著?
B: Not an inkling. What’s happened? 猜不著,怎么了?
A: My girlfriend gave her boss a good piece of her mind. 我女朋友狠狠教訓了她老板一頓。
B: He asked for it, I suppose. 我猜他是自找的。
A: Yeah. She is really something. 可不是么,她真了不起。