I don't want to buy trouble. I have enough already.
•Saying something insulting to him is just buying trouble.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
buy trouble — tv. to encourage trouble; to bring on trouble. □ I don’t want to buy trouble. I have enough already. □ Saying something like that is just buying trouble … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Buy More — (Burbank) Industry Retail Founder(s) Moses Finkelstein Headquarters Burbank, CA … Wikipedia
Buy — To purchase an asset; taking a long position. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. buy buy 1 [baɪ] verb bought PTandPP [bɔt ǁ bɒːt] [transitive] 1 … Financial and business terms
buy — To purchase an asset; taking a long position. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary bid (or buy) An offer to buy a specific quantity of a commodity at a stated price. The price that the market participants are willing to pay. Chicago Mercantile Exchange … Financial and business terms
buy — buy1 W1S1 [baı] v past tense and past participle bought [bo:t US bo:t] [: Old English; Origin: bycgan] 1.) a) [I and T] to get something by paying money for it ≠ ↑sell ▪ Where did you buy that dress? ▪ Ricky showed her the painting he d bought… … Dictionary of contemporary English
trouble — [[t]trʌ̱b(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ troubles, troubling, troubled 1) N UNCOUNT: oft in N, also N in pl You can refer to problems or difficulties as trouble. I had trouble parking... You ve caused us a lot of trouble... The plane developed engine trouble soon… … English dictionary
buy — [c]/baɪ / (say buy) verb (bought /bɔt/ (say bawt), buying) –verb (t) 1. to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying an equivalent, especially in money. 2. to acquire by giving any kind of recompense: to buy favour with flattery. 3.… …
Trouble in Triplicate — infobox Book | name = Trouble in Triplicate title orig = translator = author = Rex Stout cover artist = Bill English country = United States language = English series = Nero Wolfe genre = Detective fiction publisher = Viking Press release date =… … Wikipedia
buy a lemon — If buy something, especially a car, that is defective, unsatisfactory, constantly gives trouble or stops running after a short time, you buy a lemon. The car I bought was a real lemon. It broke down two weeks later … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
buy off — PHRASAL VERB (disapproval) If you say that a person or organization buys off another person or group, you are criticizing the fact that they are giving them something such as money so that they will not complain or cause trouble. [V P n (not… … English dictionary
buy sb off phrasal — verb (T) to pay someone money to stop them causing trouble or threatening you; bribe 1 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
