trouble someone for



trouble someone for

Politely ask for something, as in May I trouble you for a drink of water? This idiom uses trouble in the sense of "disturb." [Mid-1800s]
See also: trouble

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nahia-Basque
LukasLOO-kahs (German)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Lithuanian
NievesNYE-vesSpanish
Yaakov-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Dick (2)DIKDutch
Placido-Italian