stir (up) a fire only to burn oneself -- to ask for trouble; bring trouble on one's own head; bring trouble upon oneself; burn one's own fingers; court disaster
Related Translations:
披麻救火惹火烧身: by putting out a fire in a hempen coat one brings the flame on one's body
Example Sentences:
1.
Don ’ t burn your fingers by getting too involved 不要介入得太深以致于惹火烧身。
