惹火烧身

ràng tā bù yào rě huǒ shāo shēn

让他不要惹火烧身。

Tell him not to bring trouble upon himself.

wǒ bù huì rě huǒ shāo shēn de

我不会惹火烧身的。

I would never be so foolish as to invite trouble.

xīn zhèng fǔ zài zhì dìng zhè xiàng kòng zhì huò bì de xīn fǎ lǜ shí yǐ shì zài rě huǒ shāo shēn

新政府在制定这项控制货币的新法律时已是在惹火烧身。

The new government had laid its head on the block when it made this new law to control the country's money.