Idiom
nearly man
Meaning
A man who fails to achieve the success or status that he might potentially have had.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is a talented player but always remains a nearly man.”
“Despite reaching the final three times, he is considered a nearly man who never quite wins the championship.”
“History often forgets the nearly man, focusing instead on the victors who secured the titles he so narrowly missed.”
Examples
simple
“He is a talented player but always remains a nearly man.”
contextual
“Despite reaching the final three times, he is considered a nearly man who never quite wins the championship.”
complex
“History often forgets the nearly man, focusing instead on the victors who secured the titles he so narrowly missed.”
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