Now,people use the expression to mean to prepare for dealing with any kind of trouble.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

In fact, the United Kingdom has been an international model for preventing bank runs because the Bank of England would always lend to a bank that was in trouble in order to keep them out of the problem.

事实上,英国一直是全球,预防银行挤兑的模范,因为英格兰银行总会借款,给陷入危机的银行以确保它们脱离险境

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

So a number of you, even if the price was just a tiny bit different might have a preference for one rather than the other, so without getting in trouble by putting the camera on you, how many of you would have a preference, if the prices were essentially the same how many of you would have a strict preference for Pepsi?

那么你们中的很多人,尽管价格只有一点点不同,也许还是倾向于其中一个产品,不让你们上镜头而招来麻烦,你们谁会有倾向,如果价格差不多,谁会倾向选择百事可乐

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The combination of energized Republicans and Tea Party activists, plus disappointed independent voters spells big political trouble for Democrats trying to hold control of Congress in the November elections.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16