आ बैल मुझे मार

Meaning: To deliberately invite trouble upon yourself.

Language: Hindi

Literally: Come ox, hit me

Category: Animals

Origin: Taunting a bull to charge pictures someone knowingly courting danger they could easily avoid.

More idioms — Animals

• گربه را دم حجله کشتن — To assert authority firmly from the very start.
• จับปลาสองมือ — To chase two goals at once and risk losing both.
• Cõng rắn cắn gà nhà — To bring in an outsider who harms your own people.
• Jakkals trou met wolf se vrou — A sunshower — rain while the sun shines.
• Koeitjies en kalfies — Idle small talk.
• Bobbejaan agter die bult — To worry about troubles that may never come.

More Hindi idioms

• नाक में दम करना — To harass or pester relentlessly.
• नाक रगड़ना — To grovel and beg humbly.
• आसमान सिर पर उठाना — To raise a huge uproar.
• ऊँट के मुँह में जीरा — A laughably tiny amount for something that needs much more.
• बंदर क्या जाने अदरक का स्वाद — An ignorant person can't appreciate something refined.
• नाच न जाने आंगन टेढ़ा — A bad workman blames his tools.

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