You learn something every day.

[El Presidente]

The good old days 

  The phrase “close, but no cigar” comes from carnivals in the early 1900s, when they used to give out cigars as prizes for winning games.

[Ken Gargett]

and i thought it was from back when you were moving those grey market 'habanos' you found!

[El Presidente]

[PigFish]

1 hour ago, Ken Gargett said:

and i thought it was from back when you were moving those grey market 'habanos' you found!

... I knew those Coronas in my locker were too good to be true!

[OZCUBAN]

2 hours ago, Ken Gargett said:

and i thought it was from back when you were moving those grey market 'habanos' you found!

There the ones he brings round to your place Ken ??

[Islandboy]

And here I thought the phrase was coined by Bill Clinton to rate female interns 

[kalibratecuba]

I've said this and "quiet in the peanut gallery" a few times to my students and received the most perplexed reactions from them. It's sad that today's equivalent are often three word utterances with poor syntax.

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