tempt fate
Also, tempt the fates. Take a severe risk, as in It's tempting fate to start up that mountain so late in the day, or Patrice thought driving that old car was tempting the fates; it was sure to break down. This expression uses tempt in the sense of “test in a way that involves risk or danger.” Earlier idioms with a similar meaning were tempt God, dating from the 1300s, and tempt fortune, first recorded in 1603, with fate appearing about 1700.
Words nearby tempt fate
tempostabile,
temps,
temps levé,
temps lié,
tempt,
tempt fate,
temptation,
tempter,
tempting,
temptress,
tempura