to create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble

to provoke and offend people; to ruffle feathers

to offend

to attract attention, notice, or a particular emotional response

to attract or court something undesirable, such as trouble or negative attention

to cause trouble

To be unable to afford to offend someone due to their power, status, or potential for retaliation.

to stir up trouble or provoke a disaster

not to be trifled with or pushed around; difficult to deal with and potentially dangerous if provoked

to attract or bring upon oneself something unpleasant or negative, such as trouble or disaster

to stir up trouble

accommodating or easy to push around; susceptible to being trifled with or bullied

To philander, frequent brothels, or lead a promiscuous life; literally to pick flowers and trample grass.

Yogyakarta, city of Java, Indonesia, and capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta

to philander, frequent brothels, or sow one's wild oats (literally: to fondle the flowers and trample the grass).

causing irritation, nuisance, or being bothersome to others

to stir up trouble

to bring trouble upon oneself through meddling or unwise actions; to get one's fingers burnt

Special Region of Yogyakarta, region of Java, Indonesia

to invite disaster; to bring trouble upon oneself

to stir up or elicit a specific reaction, feeling, or state of attention

motherfucker (loanword)

to bring trouble on oneself; to stir up problems

to intentionally irritate or incite someone or something into a reaction

to stir up trouble or bring trouble upon oneself

to attract attention

to attract attention; noticeable or striking

to provoke, incite, or cause the emergence of trouble, problems, or consequences.

to provoke anger

to stir up trouble or provoke a disturbance, often resulting in a mess or problem

to irritate, annoy, or provoke someone to the point of anger (colloquial)

Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese)

Nyonya (a female descendant of early Chinese immigrants in the Malay Archipelago)

to cause annoyance or irritation to others; to be a nuisance or a pain in the neck