ask for it 自找麻烦自找苦吃
该习语是ask for trouble的非正规的口语表达方式。如:Don’t be late again, or you’ll ask for it.(别再迟到了,要不然你会自找苦吃的。)
A: Do you know what happened? 你猜怎么着?
B: Not an inkling. What’s happened? 猜不着,怎么了?
A: My girlfriend gave her boss a good piece of her mind. 我女朋友狠狠教训了她老板一顿。
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。