cigar Idiom

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no cigar

not agreed to, refused or useless, no, certainly not I almost got the job but in the end it was no cigar.

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Cigarette paper

If you cannot get or put a cigarette paper between people, they are so closely bonded that nothing will separate them or their positions on issues.

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Close but no cigar

(USA) If you are close but no cigar, you are close to success, but have not got there.

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cigar-store Indian|Indian|cigar|store

n. phr. A wooden statue of an Indian which in the past was placed in front of a cigar store. A cigar store Indian used to mean a cigar store in the same way a barber pole still means a barber shop.