OXFORD 9000
📚 phrase • entry_id 24107

close, but no cigar

/ˈkləʊs bʌt nəʊ sɪˈɡɑː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
de casi no se muere nadie • los casis no cuentan
Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite.
Betty ran all out in the sprint race; yet, it was close, but no cigar.
The long distance trophy [for alumni who had traveled the furthest to attend the reunion], an appropriately inscribed silver cigarette case, was awarded to Em Gooch who had made th…
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