Idiom
borrow trouble
Meaning
To worry about future events not in one's control and that may not come to pass.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't borrow trouble by worrying about things that haven't happened yet.”
“You are already stressed about next year's budget, but there is no point in borrowing trouble before the meeting even starts.”
“Instead of borrowing trouble by imagining every possible failure, she chose to focus her energy on the tasks she could actually control today.”
Examples
simple
“Don't borrow trouble by worrying about things that haven't happened yet.”
contextual
“You are already stressed about next year's budget, but there is no point in borrowing trouble before the meeting even starts.”
complex
“Instead of borrowing trouble by imagining every possible failure, she chose to focus her energy on the tasks she could actually control today.”
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