no cigar
基本解釋
- 沒有雪茄
- 還不夠（非正式）
英漢例句
- I think that's close,but no cigar.
我想就很接近了，但還不夠。 - "Good guess, but no cigar, " Ed said, and left me wondering for a while.
“很好的猜想，但不對”,Ed邊說邊走，留下我一個人在那里深思。 - 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(qū)，可是再度錯過上州，給干旱的紐約市。 - I think that's close,but no cigar.
我想就很接近了，但還不夠。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選 - As they say, close, but no cigar.
FORBES: Can the Bears Keep the Dow Below 12,000? - The voters say close but no cigar.
FORBES: At the Winter Meetings: Hall Snubs Miller Again - There is more academic research than you can shake a Havana cigar at saying there is no correlation between wealth and happiness.
FORBES: The Happiness Business