a miss is as good as a mile

English

Proverb

a miss is as good as a mile

1. A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.

Translations

A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come

Chinese: Mandarin: 失之毫釐，差之千里 (zh), 踏错一步，满盘皆输 (zh) Russian: чуть-чуть не считается (ru) (čut'-čút' ne sčitájetsja) ("just a little bit" (off) doesn't count), промах есть промах (ru) (prómax jest' prómax) (a miss is a miss)

Swedish: nära skjuter ingen hare (sv)

Synonyms

• almost doesn't count
• close but no cigar