YOU SAID:
he jumped off a cliff into a sandwich
INTO JAPANESE
彼はサンドイッチに崖から飛び降りた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
he jumped off a cliff to sandwich
INTO JAPANESE
彼は挟むために崖から飛び降りた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
he jumped off a cliff to pinch
INTO JAPANESE
彼はつまむために崖から飛び降りた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
he jumped off a cliff to grab
INTO JAPANESE
彼は掴むために崖から飛び降りた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
he jumped off a cliff to grab
That didn't even make that much sense in English.