close, but no cigar in Finnish
close, but no cigar in Finnish is melkein muttei ihan.
close, but no cigar in Finnish
melkein muttei ihan
(idiomatic, originally, US, colloquial) Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite. [from early 20th c.]
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"close, but no cigar" in Finnish is melkein muttei ihan.
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