Hey Everyone! My name is Zack and I am in my Junior year at Penn State University. The saying that I chose to share is "close but no cigar." This saying simply means that you came very close to success but in the end you fell just short. Growing up, I used this saying a lot, because in my free time I was always involved in sports. Either for a school or for fun, sports were my life for many years growing up. From Football to golf, I was a very competitive person, so I would either use this saying to joke to the opposing team if I had just won an event, or I would say it to myself or my teammates if our team had lost a close match in a sporting event. This expression does not only have to be used in sports, but since I grew up playing a lot of sports, that was the context that I used this expression most in.

This video is a perfect example of where I would have used this saying if I were the person in the video or if I was along with him when he made this shot. It is a golfer and he is attempting a long putt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7gazvoQboU&feature=related