少兒英語成語故事：功虧一簣

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　　within an ace of winning

　　功虧一簣

　　Once a man planned to build a terrace.

　　古時(shí)，有一個(gè)人要筑一座九仞(八尺=一仞)高的山。

　　He worked very hard and spent a lot of time digging and carrying earth.

　　他十分努力的建造這座山，并且花了很多時(shí)間挖土、搬運(yùn)泥土。

　　When the mound was almost completed and only one more basket of earth was needed, the man gave up.

　　終于當(dāng)山快要建成的時(shí)候，幾乎只差最后一籃子的泥土就行了的時(shí)候，他放棄了。

　　The terrace was never completed.

　　這座山便永遠(yuǎn)無法完工。

　　This idiom means to fail to succeed for lack of final effort.

　　這個(gè)典故用以形容離成功只有一步之遙，但最終失敗告終的意思。