To them, a miss is as good as a mile.

对他们来说，失之毫厘，谬以千里。

youdao

I failed to achieve the pass mark by only one per cent in my French exam-but still, a miss is as good as a mile.

我以一分之差没有通过法语考试——但 这比完全失败好不了多少。

youdao