ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
P. and V. δύσμαχος, ἀνίκητος, Ar. and P. ἄμαχος (Plato), P. δυσπολέμητος, V. δυσπάλαιστος, ἀπρόσμαχος, ἀδήριτος.
impossible to deal with: P. and V. ἄπορος, ἀμήχανος (rare P.).
