stir up a wasps ' nest or provoke a scorpion

stir up a wasps ' nest or provoke a scorpion

As a Chinese idiom, Li á of ē NGT ì Xi ē in pinyin means to provoke evil people and ask for trouble. It's from the wall.

The origin of Idioms

The third fold of Baipu's wall horse in Yuan Dynasty: "to stir up the bees and pick the scorpions, to beat the grass and frighten the snake, to destroy our wall's love story."

Idiom usage

It is a metaphor for provoking the wicked and asking for trouble.

Examples

But I'm afraid that he has no one to decide. I hate XiMenqing, but I'm not going to tease the bee and pick the scorpion. Water Margin by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty Chapter 26