"So close and yet so far" nghĩa là gì?

"So close (and) yet so far" = rất gần nhưng vẫn còn xa -> nghĩa là nói về nỗ lực gần như thành công nhưng vẫn chưa đạt mục tiêu.

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This decision is extremely frustrating for Kings' fans having to endure another dismal season while hope seems so close and yet so far away.

It’s probably just as well, as this year, for obvious reasons, ‘La Belle France’ has been strictly out of bounds. Not since the island’s occupation in World War Two has France been off limits and truly off our radar. It’s so very strange to look across to a land that is so close and yet so far away.

So close, and yet so far. If you’re a 30-something New Westminster resident living along 10th Avenue, you’re about 50 metres away from being eligible for your COVID-19 vaccine. Likewise if you’re living in the 900 block of Cumberland Street, or Second, or Sixth, or the 500 block of Amess Street – or, really, anywhere within shouting distance of the New Westminster-Burnaby border.

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