ask for trouble vs irritate

ask for trouble

verb
  • To behave in a way that is likely to cause problems. 

irritate

verb
  • To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in. 

  • To cause or induce displeasure or irritation. 

  • To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism). 

How often have the words ask for trouble and irritate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )