やぶをつついてへびをだす

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 scare out a snake by poking at the brush Alternative spellings 薮をつついて蛇を出す, 藪を突いて蛇を出す, 薮を突いて蛇を出す

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