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We've found 37 phrases for trouble (0.162 seconds):



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To misbehave; to cause trouble
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give trouble 
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Being at the moment the center of attention or the cause of trouble
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An irritating, troublesome, or harmful person, situation, or thing. 
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Prepare for trouble
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A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems. 
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A troublesome situation; an issue whose resolution is difficult or contentious, but not necessarily complex. 
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To get into trouble, to have an accident or mishap, to go off the rails. 
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Following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself. 
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One who is in serious danger or trouble
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(idiomatic, vulgar) One should not cause trouble in a place, group, or situation in which one regularly finds oneself.1998 April 14, Nelson Navarro, "Ever faithful, ever true," Manila Standard (Philippines) (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):The guiding principle is Don't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity.2003 Oct. 8, Jonathan Valania, "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Pussy," Philadelphia Weekly (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Limbaugh was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the NAB convention in, of all places, Philadelphia, thus violating the cardinal law of the animal kingdom: Don't shit where you eat.2006 Sept. 19, Michael Musto, "NY Mirror," Village Voice (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "You don't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly. 
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In trouble; in a bad time or situation or having very bad luck. 
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Advance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know." 
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To be together or coexist well, without arguments or trouble
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To become pregnant. 
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