close, but no cigar
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[edit] Etymology
From the practice of giving cigars as prizes at carnivals in the US in the 19th century; this phrase would be said to those who failed to win a prize.
[edit] Idiom
- (idiomatic) that's almost correct, but not quite
[edit] Translations
that's almost correct, but not quite
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