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close, but no cigar idiom informal used to say that someone almost succeeded, but is not completely successful or correct: 差一点就要成功的 It was close but no cigar for Johnny as he came second once again.约翰尼又得了第二名,真遗憾,差一点就成功了。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder fray around/at the edgesidiom mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up sign someone's death warrant
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