Mess with the best you are going to get burned

Question

how do you say this

you mess with the best you are going to get burned.

A statement.

Answer 1

Did you have some sort of disagreement with Heidita and then have some sort of self realization that you never should have disagreed with her?

Si te metes con Heidita, ella te mandará a la esquina de burros.

If you mess with Heidita she will send you to the dunce corner.

excellent. I will mark it down as "mess" or "mess around" - jeezzle, Dec 29, 2009

Answer 2

So just to clarify...meterse is clearly understand to mean "mess around"? As in....No te metes conmigo a menos que quieres morir.....Don't mess around with me unless you want to die? I didn't know meterse in that sense but I will mark it down as such one I receive a confirmation.

Answer 3

I agree with the above comment. If you wanna stay more literal go for something like, "si tu te metes con los mejores te vas a quemar" its similar the above comment expect it keeps the meaning of "messing around" with people that are good.

Answer 4

The actual saying of course is "If you play with fire you are going to get burned." so why not say something like ""No juegues con fuego porque te vas a quemar""

Answer 5

Welcome to the Forum.

Try pasting your statement into Translation which is directly above the advertisement window at the top of this screen.

I did, and one of the results was: "Usted interfiere con el mejor y usted será quemado."

Seems a good one to me, but I'm no expert.

Buena suerte.

The saying seems fairly familiar, so wouldn't you want the tú form? - idahorsegirl, Dec 28, 2009