Looking for a word that means to open an opportunity for something bad to happen
For example: "Doing many things at the same time oggies an oggy for hazards"
What's oggy?
I could say opens an opportunity for... But open an opportunity is usually used in a positive context. Also "opens the door for...", usually for good things. What's similar but has a negative connotation, meaning when used it implies something bad would happen.
Solution 1:
" asking for trouble."
To behave or act in a manner that will very likely result in trouble, difficulty, or danger
- You shouldn't leave your children alone in the house like that or you’re asking for trouble.
- Hey! Calm down! I know you're annoyed with your boss for making you work overtime so many times, but don't go asking for trouble!
- Anybody who invites a complete stranger into their house is asking for trouble.
- Those kids were just asking for trouble when they broke my house's windows.
"Courting disaster"
To court disaster means to take unnecessary risks, to follow a course of action that may bring ruin, to walk a proverbial tightrope.
"Skating on thin ice"
to do something considered quite dangerous or risky to be in a situation that can get quite dangerous or risky
- Sebastian using all his savings to buy blue chip stocks is definitely skating on thin ice.
- Going into a business without carrying out proper studies is like skating on thin ice.
Solution 2:
Open a can of worms
to create a complicated situation in which doing something to correct a problem leads to many more problems
Our boss is reluctant to change the policy now because she doesn't want to open a can of worms.
[Merriam-Webster]
Pandora's box
something that creates a lot of new problems that you did not expect: Sadly, his reforms opened up a Pandora's box of domestic problems._
[Cambridge]
Cruising for a bruising
(informal) Following a course of action likely to result in injury or other trouble for oneself.
The Euroland economy has been cruising for a bruising for a while.
[Wiktionary]