Synonym of when you mess with the bull, you get the horns

(informal) If you provoke somebody, you can expect an aggressive reaction.

Hard or bony, like an animal's horn. / Having the hard consistency and pale colour of an animal's horn. / Having horns. / (slang, informal) Sexually aroused. / (slang, informal) Sexually arousing.

A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.

Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horns. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.

A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting. / A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks.

(mineralogy) A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.

plural of hornbeam

(music) A musical instrument consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. / A solo dance commonly associated with seamen, involving kicking of the legs, with the arms mostly crossed.

(intransitive) To dance the hornpipe.