The saying “close but no cigar” comes from the famous carnival game wherein a bold fellow tries to swing a sledgehammer hard enough to make a bell ring. The winner of the game, which was popular around 1900, would win a cigar. The game still exists...
fox in a box n.— «Your article states we need a “fox in the box”! MM doesn’t allow strikers to play like that, thats where all our problems come from. If you stand in the box as a striker, MM calls you lazy. He wants you to put a so called shift...
