口語課堂第39期:自討苦吃
cost/pay an arm and a leg informal
to cost/pay a lot of money (使)花一大筆錢
we want to redecorate the living room, but I'm afraid it's going to cost us an arm and a leg.
我們想重新裝修客廳,可是這恐怕要花我們一大筆錢.
ask for trouble/it:(通常用於進行時)自找麻煩,自討苦吃,自尋煩惱 behave in a way that is likely to result in problems
They're asking for trouble, leaving young children alone in the house like that.
把小孩子獨自留在家裏,他們這是沒事找事.
she's really asking for it the way she comes in late every day.
她每天都遲到,真是自找麻煩.
