If you can't be good, be careful proverb informal
If you do something wrong or illegal, make sure that you are not dangerous.
If you can't be good, be careful. Don't bring trouble to me.
Used to refer to someone who does something dangerous or risky without realizing it
If you say that someone or something is too hot to handle, you mean that they are too difficult or dangerous to cope with.
If you go as far as to do something, you do something extreme, risky, or controversial.
Put oneself in a dangerous situation
Do something risky or dangerous that could result in the loss of one's or someone else's life or livelihood
Used to indicate that helping each other or working together toward the same goal will have advantages for everyone who is involved
The relationship between fashion and film is that one hand washes the other and both wash the face.