APAD: Close but no…中文怎么翻译？

In the old days, fairgrounds would give cigars as prizes for games. The phrase “close but no cigar” means that you were close to succeeding in the game, but you didn’t win the cigar.

As a proverb, it means that even though you did your best or almost had it right, you weren’t completely correct.

 

English has many proverbs and these are just the tip of the iceberg.

But you don’t want to bite off more than you can chew. So start with these useful English proverbs and sayings and you’ll be using them yourself in no time!

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• 就差一点？ -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/23/2023 postreply 17:43:56

• Close but no cigars：）哈哈，just a kidding：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/23/2023 postreply 19:27:01

• 功亏一篑 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/23/2023 postreply 17:51:42

• 好像是吧 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/23/2023 postreply 19:27:22

• 谢谢灵灵分享。图片搭配得也很贴切。点赞。 -chuntianle- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/26/2023 postreply 08:28:46