“Close but no cigar” 可不是 “接近但没雪茄” 的意思！

不少小伙伴看到 “Close but no cigar” 这个表达可能会直接按字面理解，

“close” 是接近，“cigar” 是雪茄，直译就是 “接近但没雪茄”，很奇怪！

但实际上它是什么意思呢？先来听一下它的英文解释：

'Close but no cigar' means that someone nearly succeeded or was almost correct, but ultimately failed or missed the goal by a small margin.

“接近但没雪茄” 是指某人几乎成功或几乎正确，但最终差一点就失败了或没达到目标。

这个短语起源来自旧时的嘉年华游戏：赢家奖品常常是雪茄，

如果你差一点赢了，摊主就会说 “Close, but no cigar”，意思是你很接近，但没奖品。

所以引申为 “差一点就成功了，但最终还是失败了”。

适用于比赛、考试、面试、猜测、尝试等场景，语气略带惋惜或调侃。

“Close but no cigar” 翻译成中文可以是：

差一点就成功了、几乎对了、功亏一篑、接近但没中、功败垂成。

例句：

His answer was close but no cigar – he got the right idea but missed the key detail.

他的答案差一点就对了——大方向对，但漏掉了关键细节。

The team lost 2-3. It was close but no cigar for them.

球队2比3输了，功亏一篑。

原声再现

So, there we go. If someone almost succeeds, but doesn't quite, we can say to them, "Close, but no cigar."

好了。如果有人差一点就成功了，但没有完全成功，我们就可以对他们说：“差点就成功了（但还是没成）。”

It was close, but no cigar for the Dodgers, as they lost to the Reds 4–3.

道奇队差一点就赢了，但还是功亏一篑，他们以 3 比 4 输给了红人队。

After school, could we possibly hang out…

放学后，我们能出去……

Oh, I – I'm gonna be late, so I'll talk to you later?

哦，我——我要迟到了，晚点再跟你说？

Close, but no cigar, pal. Nice try.

差一点就成功了，哥们。不过还是没成。不错的尝试。

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