Close, but No Cigar (washingtonpost.com)
Close, but No Cigar. By Lloyd Grove. Thursday, May 15, 2003; Page C03 ... I have no idea what she's doing or where she lives. We weren't close, but I liked ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=%26contentId=A575...
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Anil Dash: Close but no cigar
... community, I came pretty darn close to getting to the top of the results for the ... Wow, you did get pretty close.
http://www.dashes.com/anil/2004/06/08/close_but_no_ci
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IdiomSite.com
Close but no cigar. If you come close to achieving success but reach a disappointment due to failure you are 'close but no cigar'. Many years ago slot machines gave out cigars ...
http://www.idiomsite.com/closebutno.htm
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MLB: Cleveland Indians News and Information because Cleveland Rocks: Close B...
... Sunday, October 02, 2005 Close But No Cigar For the last half of the season the Indians were without a doubt one of the hottest teams in the majors. But they came up just short on Sunday with a loss ...
http://indiansinfo.blogspot.com/2005/10/close-but-no-cigar.html
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Executive Summary: Google Calendar: Close, But No Cigar
... Rick's Bio Contact Weblog Archives Also Blogging at: Business Blog Consulting Bruner Blog Google Calendar: Close, But No Cigar I was delighted to see the launch of Google Calendar today. I had in my ...
http://www.executivesummary.com/archives/2006/04/google_calendar.php
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All Cougs, All The Time: Close but no cigar
Close but no cigar. Good Monday morning everyone, I hope your weekend was a good one. ... But no completions, and Hill never got any separation from the ...
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/wsu/archive.asp?postID=2481
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American Idioms (Meanings and Origins) [A thru H]
A contestant that did not quite hit the target was close, but did not get a cigar. ... That free throw was close, but no cigar.
http://www.pride-unlimited.com/probono/idioms1.html
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The News-Herald - Close, but no cigar
Lake Catholic unable to get over hump in NCL loss ... Local Sports. Close, but no cigar. Mark Koestner, Staff Writer. 01/15/2005 ...
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13755862&BRD=1698%26PAG=461%26dept_id=...
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Close But No Cigar
The 3rd quarter of 2006 ended with cool weather and bright sunny skies in North Atlanta. ... CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR. Thursday, October 05, 2006 ...
http://www.freemarketnews.com/Analysis/81/6113/close.asp?wid=81&nid=6113
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So close but no cigar for Logan
... in less than 90 seconds with no timeouts left and basically no passing game.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/prepsports/ci_4684254
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