Try Google for example and fetch online a picture of Auerbach and it’s likely a picture showing the man with a cigar in hand and a big grin on his face.
Anyways, Auerbach’s Victory Cigar serves as evidence that in America, cigar is synonymous with wining and for victory.
So therefore, to sum up, “Close, but no cigar”, means exactly that – you’ve come close, but no victory, hence no medal and no victory lap.
Here are recent media examples of “close, but no cigar” and, indeed “victory cigar”:
1. Once upon a time, Darko Milicic was an embarrassingly bad player in the NBA, so bad that he would only get off the bench at the end of an extremely lopsided game. This, of course, earned him the nickname “The Human Victory Cigar.”
Ever since his departure from Detroit, Darko has gotten steadily better to the point where he’s earned a starting role with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He certainly hasn’t lived up to his draft hype, but he’s not an absolute bust a la Kwame Brown at this point.
Because of that, we now need a new “Human Victory Cigar” prowling the sidelines.
There are many types of good human victory cigars, and there are plenty of them in the NBA these days.
First, the top of the food chain of human victory cigars are either draft busts or funny-looking veterans who were never great, but were good enough to stay in the NBA. They usually become fan favorites just for stepping on the floor.
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