单词 | to bring oneself into trouble |
释义 | > as lemmasto bring oneself into trouble a. Unpleasant relations with the authorities, esp. such as involve arrest, summons before a magistrate, imprisonment, or punishment; e.g. to bring oneself into trouble, to get into trouble; to be in trouble, to be in jail (slang). Also to ask for trouble: see ask v. Phrases 13. Similarly, to look for (or seek) trouble. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > involvement with the police trouble1560 heat1928 society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel [verb (intransitive)] > find occasion for quarrelling > give provocation to trail one's coat1877 to look for (or seek) trouble1901 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxv Lest they should both offende the Mayor and bring them selues in trouble. ?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 175 This gentilman..who hathe byn late in troble in the tower of london. 1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales II. 34 His wife very soon got into trouble, as it is technically termed in the colony; i.e. into the commission of some crime or misdemeanour, which issues in..flagellation, or imprisonment, or transportation, or death by the law. 1899 M. Johnston Old Dominion vii My friend has been in trouble..He will not make the worse conspirator for that. 1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ 134 We've got to build the belt gallery—and we'll have no end of a time doing it if the C. & S.C. is still looking for trouble. 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 29 Aug. 2 In the possible chance of rounding up all who might be seeking trouble, the police temporarily sequestered and searched 140 Chinamen. 1912 ‘Aurora’ Jock Scott, Midshipman xiv. 165 But if you are artful you don't often get ‘bowled out’, unless one of the ‘crushers’ has a ‘down’ on you, and is ‘looking for trouble’. a1915 Mod. Take care what you say, or you'll get into trouble. 1922 E. O'Neill Anna Christie (1923) i. 25 I ain't looking for trouble. 1947 W. Motley Knock on any Door 152 Swollen out in their own importance they walked along West Madison looking for trouble. < as lemmas |
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