ask for trouble

(informal)act in a way that is likely to incur problems or difficulties

(非正式)自找麻煩，自討苦吃

hitching a lift is asking for trouble.

想免費搭便車是自找麻煩。

look for trouble

(informal)behave in a way that is likely to provoke an argument or fight

(非正式)惹是生非

youths take a cocktail of drink and drugs before going out to look for trouble.

酒和毒品混用過以后，這群年輕人就出去惹是生非了。

trouble and strife

(Brit. rhyming slang)wife

(英, 諧俚)妻子

a trouble shared is a trouble halved

(proverb)talking to someone else about one's problems helps to alleviate them

(諺)苦惱讓人知曉，負(fù)擔(dān)一半減少