1to salvage one's pride; to save face; to pretend that one did not make a mess of things, although in fact one did mess up | Lit.: "To (accidentally trip and) fall, but (to pretend) to grab some sand (as if that was the purpose of going down on the ground)" | Sometimes as 跌咗揦返拃沙 or 跌倒揦返拃沙 or 跌咗落地拿返拃沙