"borrow trouble" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 自找麻煩
• 杞人憂天

Definition

為還沒發生的事情擔心，通常沒有必要；通過想像可能從未發生的麻煩讓自己更難受。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是非正式習語，用於勸別人不要為還沒發生的事憂慮。常見於'don't borrow trouble'作為勸告語。

Examples

Don't borrow trouble before anything actually happens.

事情還沒發生，別**自找麻煩**。

You're just borrowing trouble by thinking about what could go wrong.

你只是**自找麻煩**，總想着可能出錯的地方。

Try not to borrow trouble by worrying about tomorrow.

不要為明天擔心，別**自找麻煩**。

If you keep imagining every possible problem, you're just borrowing trouble.

如果你一直想像所有可能的問題，就是在**自找麻煩**。

"Stop borrowing trouble, it'll ruin your mood," he told me.

他對我說：「別再**自找麻煩**了，會影響你心情。」

She tends to borrow trouble when she doesn't have enough to do.

她沒什麼事做的時候，就喜歡**自找麻煩**。