no cigar
常見例句
- 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(gè)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(cuò)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 返回 no cigar