no cigar

A phrase said when one is almost correct or successful but ultimately fails. Most commonly heard in the phrase "close but no cigar." Cigars were once commonly used as prizes or awards. You all had some very good guesses—they were close but no cigar.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Laura	LAWR-ə (English), LOW-rah (Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch), LAW-oo-raw (Hungarian)	English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croa
Moe (1)	MO	English
Andjela	-	Serbian
Minako	mee-nah-ko	Japanese
Kaede	kah-e-de	Japanese
Ahern	[ə'hɜ:n]