ask for; look for trouble; show hackles; take a bear by the tooth; ask for it (She had asked for it and he had given it to her and he felt a great relief that he had finally gotten it out. (I. Shaw)); kick against the prick; stick one's neck out (Anglophile); stick neck out (Anglophile); kick against the pricks; look for a fight (Tanya Gesse); knock head against a brick wall; run head against a brick wall; be too risky (knowing that most likely you'll get in trouble Taras); get oneself into trouble (Ivan Pisarev); land in trouble (Ivan Pisarev); find oneself in trouble (Ivan Pisarev); run into trouble (Ivan Pisarev); get into a mess (Ivan Pisarev); get into hot water (Ivan Pisarev); get into a scrape (Ivan Pisarev); get into a predicament (Ivan Pisarev); get into a fix (Ivan Pisarev); get into a jam (Ivan Pisarev); get into a pickle (Ivan Pisarev); get into a bind (Ivan Pisarev); get into difficulty (Ivan Pisarev); court trouble (Ivan Pisarev); cause problems for oneself (Ivan Pisarev); dig oneself into a hole (Ivan Pisarev); put one's foot in it (Ivan Pisarev); step in it (Ivan Pisarev)

put fingers in the fire (Yeldar Azanbayev); go to the limit (Andrey Truhachev); lead with one's chin (oliversorge); invite a bullet (Alex_Odeychuk)

kick against the pricks (дословно: Лягать колючки. Смысл: сопротивляться во вред себе)

лезть на рожон

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