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.

【藪をつついて蛇を出す】 [proverb] (idiomatic) to stir up trouble for oneself, to stir up a hornets' nest Alternative spellings 薮をつついて蛇を出す, 薮を突いて蛇を出す

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