Ask for it 自找麻烦, 自讨苦吃
Jim: Do you know what happened?
May: Not an inkling. Whats happened?
Jim: My girlfriend gave her boss a good piece of her mind.
May: He asked for it. I suppose.
Jim: Yeah. She is really something.
May: But she will be in trouble.
Jim: No. she got the goods on him.
May: Do you think the boss will throw in the towel?
Jim: He has to grin1 and bear it.
注:Ask for...表示需要得到某物。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。譬如:He asked for it. 这是他自找的。