close but no cigar

常见例句

雙語例句

• I think that's close,but no cigar.
  我想就很接近了，但還不夠。
• All the numbers matched except the last one! So close, but no cigar ! This always happens to me!
  所有號碼都對，除了最後一個。太接近了！我縂是這樣！
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• It was close but no cigar for the city's parched reservoir yesterday as brief but violent thunderstorm drenched the tristate area but missed upstate - yet again.
  昨天一場短暫但來勢洶洶的雷雨浸透了三州地區，可是再度錯過上州，給乾旱的紐約市儲水池帶來一場空歡喜。

原聲例句

• I think that's close,but no cigar.
  我想就很接近了，但還不夠。
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權威例句

• The voters say close but no cigar.
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• As they say, close, but no cigar.
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