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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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