look for trouble
ask for trouble
problematize
play the devil with
give someone a hard time
kick a dog when it's down
goof up
bring up against
keep the show on the road
turn to
queer someone's pitch
ruin
tickle the dragon's tail
a bad penny always turns up
rear one's head
bugger up
take on water
boil the ocean
problemise
drop someone in it
pragmatist
run up against
kick someone when they are down
reap the whirlwind
troublement
be riding for a fall
disoblige
incommode
inconvenience
troubling
discommode
bother
sort oneself out
trouble
enmesh
put out
rectify
semiessential
stir shit
get blood out of a stone
hard hit
fuck with
sow dragon's teeth
make the best of a bad bargain
botch
pansy
make one's bed and lie in it
put up a show
do more harm than good
enterprise
polish a turd
daring
raise Cain
dare
gall
play with edge-tools
cope
avoid
come to grips
out to get someone
square one's shoulders
dig a hole for oneself
the road to hell is paved with good intentions
can of worms
skate on thin ice
nobble
hash out
bungle
make a hash of
face up
begin at the wrong end
sugarcoat the pill
one thing after another
fix the roof while the sun is shining
fall prey
stand to
cock up
throw a wrench in
tough cookie
fash
cross to bear
fossick
enter the lists
have a mountain to climb
paint oneself into a corner
grit one's teeth
mess up
touch off
weigh on
pay
batten down
awfulize
bear
go through fire and water
box oneself into a corner
annoy
make matters worse
transfix
starve