A miss is as good as a mile

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A miss is as good as a mile.

something that you say which means that failing to do something when you almost succeeded is no better than failing very badly I've tried to reassure him that he only failed by three percent but the way he sees it, a miss is as good as a mile.

See also: good, mile, miss

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