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Meanings of borrow trouble in English

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Usage of borrow trouble in English
1
Don't borrow trouble, Jo, but hear how well Nat is getting on.
Jo's Boys
2
Emily, don't borrow trouble, it may make Hal's departure easier for us.
The Harvest of Years
3
Then I clomped back up the stepladder and went out to borrow trouble.
Summer knight
4
Many persons naturally look on the dark side of life, and borrow trouble.
A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. B...
5
I gritted my teeth and told myself not to borrow trouble.
Ghost Story
6
It did not borrow trouble, nor invite an evil fate by apprehending it.
Daily Strength for Daily Needs
7
We'll be prepared, but at the same time not borrow trouble.
The Boy Scouts of Lenox; Or, The Hike Over Big Bear Mountain
8
Well, I wouldn't borrow trouble, but have a real good time.
Eight Cousins
9
But if harm came to this intended brother-in-law-well, why borrow trouble?
The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Volume 2
10
You have no family dependent upon you, and why should you ' borrow trouble'?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
11
He does not borrow trouble or cross a bridge before he comes to it.
American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt
12
Everything was going smoothly at present; why should Star borrow trouble from the future?
The Spanish Chest
13
To borrow trouble is to contract a debt that any man is better without.
It Can Be Done: Poems of Inspiration
14
But we aren't going to borrow trouble of the future.
Wild Wings: A Romance of Youth
15
However, there's no need to borrow trouble over this thing.
The Henchman
16
Ah, how foolish I have been to so borrow trouble.
Elsie's Womanhood
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