縮suk1沙saa1

English

1. (slang) to get cold feet; to renege; (of something) to chicken out; to give up
2. to back out due to fear ; to chicken out ; to get cold feet ; literally: shrinking in the sandunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 因為驚而臨時退縮或反悔。源自中藥「縮砂仁」，後來大家都簡稱「縮砂」，衍生出歇後語「縮砂──走仁（走人）」。unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  大家講好每人夾十萬蚊投資呢個項目，你唔係而家想縮沙呀？

  We all agreed to each invest one hundred thousand dollars into this project. You aren't backing out are you?