«اِللِّي يْلَاعِبِ التِّعْبَانْ لَا بُد لهْ مِنْ قَرْصَهْ»

Figuratively, deliberately engaging with a person or thing known to be harmful invites predictable injury. It stresses that the danger is foreseeable, not mere bad luck, because one has chosen to approach what is characteristically damaging.

It can warn against provoking someone with a known tendency to cause harm, trusting a repeatedly harmful influence, or treating a serious risk as entertainment. The image concerns foreseeable harm and is not advice about handling animals.

Use it to warn that someone is dealing too casually with an obvious danger, especially a person known to cause harm. It may also be said after the foreseeable consequences of such conduct become clear.