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a_miss_is_as_good_as_a_mile

a miss is as good as a mile

English

Proverb

a miss is as good as a mile

A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.

Translations

failure remains a failure

Chinese:
Mandarin: 失之毫釐，差之千里 (zh), 踏错一步，满盘皆输
Finnish: melkein on metri maalista
German: knapp daneben ist auch vorbei
Irish: ní fearr Éire ná orlach
Malay:

Rumi: dekat tak tercapai, jauh tak berantara

Jawi: دکت تق ترچاڤاي, جاءوه تق برانتارا

Russian: чуть-чу́ть не счита́ется ‎(čutʹ-čútʹ ne sčitájetsja) ("just a little bit" (off) doesn't count), про́мах есть про́мах ‎(prómax jestʹ prómax) (a miss is a miss)
Spanish: de casi no se muere nadie
Swedish: nära skjuter ingen hare (sv)

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