现代英语俚语(4)

Ask for it 自找麻烦, 自讨苦吃

Jim: Do you know what happened?

May: Not an inkling(一点也不知道). What’s happened?

Jim: My girlfriend gave her boss a good piece of her mind(好好教训某人一顿).

May: He asked for it(他是自找). I suppose.

Jim: Yeah. She is really something(真了不起).

May: But she will be in trouble.

Jim: No. she got the goods on(抓到把柄) him.

May: Do you think the boss will throw in the towel(服输)?

Jim: He has to grin¹ and bear it(强作笑脸).

注：Ask for...表示“要求得到某物”。ask for it是个固定搭配，主要用于口语情景之中，意思是“自找麻烦”。比如：He asked for it. 这是他自找的。