be deliberately pro vocative; create (/make) trouble (/problem) out of nothing; make a lot of fuss over nothing; kick up a row without any ground; wake a sleeping lion;make much ado about nothing
❍ ～哩，没狼撵狼呗！(柳青《创业史》369) A lot of fuss over nothing. Seeing wolves where there are none.
无事生非
make much ado about nothing;be deliberately provocative;create trouble out of nothing;stir up unnecessary troubles
无事生非wú shì shēnɡ fēi
本来没有问题，却故意找茬，惹出是非来。make trouble out of nothing, kick up a row without any reason, stir up trouble unnecessary