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a cigar is just a cigar

idiom
Meaning

The matter is simple and straightforward.

Origin

disputed origin

From sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Examples
SIMPLE

Don't overthink it, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

CONTEXTUAL

You are looking for hidden meanings in his email, but I think a cigar is just a cigar.

COMPLEX

While the critics searched for profound metaphors in the director's latest film, he insisted that, in this instance, a cigar is just a cigar.

Anchors to
Related idioms2entries
  1. 01

    close, but no cigar

    Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite.

  2. 02

    sometimes a cigar is just a cigar

    Sometimes a matter is simpler than one imagines it to be.

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