a miss is as good as a mile
成語所屬單字mile
a miss is as good as a mile — 慣用語
1. used to say that failing at something by a very small margin has the same disapp
1.慣用語
釋義
差之毫釐，失之千里
used to say that failing at something by a very small margin has the same disappointing result as failing by a large margin.
例句
He missed the train by ten seconds, but a miss is as good as a mile.
She lost the race by just 0.01 seconds — a miss is as good as a mile, they say.