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Close only counts in horseshoes
Close only counts in horseshoes (and hand grenades).
Prov. Coming close but not succeeding is not good enough. I came close to winning the election, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Alphaios | | - | Biblical Greek |
Stefania | | ste-FAH-nyah (Italian), ste-FAHN-yah (Polish) | Italian, Polish |
Bethari | | be-TAH-ree | Indonesian, Javanese |
AliÉNor | | a-lye-NOR (French) | Occitan |
'El'azar | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
Elea | | - | English |