no cigar イディオム
no cigar
not agreed to, refused or useless, no, certainly not I almost got the job but in the end it was no cigar.
Close but no cigar
(USA) If you are close but no cigar, you are close to success, but have not got there.
no cigar
A byword said back one is about actual or acknowledged but ultimately fails. Most frequently heard in the byword "close but no cigar." Cigars were already frequently acclimated as prizes or awards. You all had some actual acceptable guesses—they were abutting but no cigar.Learn more: cigar, no
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