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a miss is as good as a mile
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a
miss
is
as
good
as
a
mile
A
failure
remains a failure, regardless of how close to
success
one has actually come.
Synonyms:
almost doesn't count
;
close, but no cigar
;
close only counts in horseshoes
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failure remains a failure
—
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close, but no cigar
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