miss is as good as a mile

Prov. Almost having done something is the same as not having done it at all, since in both cases the thing does not get done. We only missed the train by one minute? Well, a miss is as good as a mile.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ingrid	ING-rid (Swedish), ING-ree (Norwegian), ING-grit (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Rolando	ro-LAHN-do (Spanish)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Desideratus	-	Late Roman
Coba	-	Dutch
Hedvig	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Earle	URL	English