a miss is as good as a mile

A near miss is still a miss and therefore no better than missing by a great margin. Losing a game by one point is still losing.

A miss is as good as a mile even when i got out in the first round

you can't teach an old dog new tricks

It means that it is very hard to change someones habits

You can't teach an old dog new tricks when they have been used to using a cell phone instead of a smart phone.

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