I've told you twice already — it's 'close, but no cigar.'

我已经告诉你两次了，这个短语就是“close, but no cigar”。

Five of my numbers came up in the lottery. Close, but no cigar.

我的彩票中了5个数。差点就能中奖了。

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，但是没有完全成功，我们就可以对他们说“差点就成功了”。

If someone almost succeeds — but not quite — you can say to them 'close, but no cigar.' Here are some examples.

如果有人差点就要成功了，但是没有完全成功，你就可以用这个短语。下面是例句。

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

【close，closeness】道奇队你差一点猜对了，他们以 3 比 4 败给了红人队。