跌咗落地嗱番乍沙

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to give poor excuse to cover up one's faults · mistakes · failure inorder to save one's face [colloquial]

Meanings

  1. to give poor excuse to cover up one's faults
  2. mistakes
  3. failure inorder to save one's face [colloquial]

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