やぶをつついてへびをだす

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やぶをつついてへびをだす – see the following entry.

[proverb] (idiomatic) to stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush

(This term, やぶをつついてへびをだす, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

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