BORROW TROUBLE
borrow trouble: translation
borrow trouble
Fig. to worry needlessly; to make trouble for oneself. •
Worrying too much about death is just borrowing trouble.
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Do not get involved with politics. That's borrowing trouble.
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{v. phr.} To worry for nothing about trouble that may not come; make trouble for yourself needlessly. * /Don't borrow trouble by worrying about next year. It's too far away./ * /You are borrowing trouble if you try to tell John what to do./ Compare: ASK FOR, CROSS ONE'S BRIDGES BEFORE ONE COMES TO THEM, CRY BEFORE ONE IS HURT.