casse-noisette | agrumes

[ashen linden]

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[hazy jewel]

Ils ont provoqué les mauvaises personnes ca pourrait correspondre au message

Ils ne savaient pas à qui ils avaient affaire

(=didn't know who they were dealing with)

[exotic lintel]

oh I misunderstood the question

would "ils ont cherché les mauvaises personnes" work?

[hazy jewel]

screwing c'est un peu dans le sens "embêter/déranger/provoquer"

[hazy jewel]

I think it could work

ils les ont cherchés ~ they messed with them

Ils l'ont cherché ~ They deserved it/they were asking for it

[broken glen]

C'était pas de leurs onions /j

Sorry I had to throw in my fav common French idiom

[hazy jewel]

that's also correct in the sense of "they should mind their own business", however it is spelled oignon(s)

[broken glen]

Right! Anglicisme

[eternal hamlet]

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