close, but no cigarbut no cigar close ALMOST spoken used when something someone does or says is almost correct or successful 只差一点就对了;只差一点就成功了 It was close, but no cigar for the Dodgers as they lost to the Reds 4–3. 道奇队只差一点,他们以3比4败给了红人队。
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