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buy trouble
buy trouble
Fig. to encourage trouble; to bring on trouble. (As if certain acts would pay for or cause difficulties that would have to be suffered through.) I don't want to buy trouble. I have enough already. Saying something insulting to him is just buying trouble.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Dwyn | | - | Celtic Mythology |
Sothy | | - | Khmer |
Zaida | | - | Arabic |
Perpetua | | per-PE-twah (Spanish) | Spanish, Late Roman |
Dani (2) | | - | Hungarian, Spanish |
Made | | - | Indonesian, Balinese |