该习语是ask for trouble的非正规的口语表达方式。如：Don’t be late again, or you’ll ask for it.（别再迟到了，要不然你会自找苦吃的。）
A: Do you know what happened? 你猜怎么着？
B: Not an inkling. What’s happened? 猜不着，怎么了？
A: My girlfriend gave her boss a good piece of her mind. 我女朋友狠狠教训了她老板一顿。
B: He asked for it, I suppose. 我猜他是自找的。
A: Yeah. She is really something. 可不是么，她真了不起。