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.
See also: buy, trouble

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
VirvaVEER-vahFinnish
Ehud-Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hubbard['hʌbəd]
Javierahah-VYE-rahSpanish
Bateman['beitmən]
AoifeEE-faIrish, Irish Mythology