to play (also mess) with fire: to take unnecessary or foolish risks; to invite trouble. Often paired with to get burned, expressing inevitability…

to ride for a fall: to ride foolishly, so as to risk falling; (chiefly figurative) to act recklessly or arrogantly, so as to risk trouble or failure.

colloquial. to ask for trouble: to do something that will almost certainly cause problems or provoke an adverse reaction; cf. to ask for it at…