Even though you missed it by a tiny amount, you still didn't get there.

A time when there is no positive effect, or will be no positive effects, because of your actions".

With horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear war, you can miss your target, or goal, but still have some positive effect.
Luke : "Are you ready to go? We have to get to the airport, NOW!"
Chris :"I'm close"
Luke : "Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear war".

Zach : "I was so close to getting that job"
Matt : "Yeah, but close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear war".
by EdwardW266 April 13, 2011
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The words of the German Operator Jäger as he places his Active Defense System.
Jäger: YOU CAN STOP WORRYING ABOUT GRENADES NOW!!
Everyone else on defense: Holy shit calm your self Jäger.
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zimbabwe hand grenade

Smashing a closed beer bottle on the ground and yelling FIRE!!!
Jeff got thrown out of the bar last night for throwing several zimbabwe hand grenades.
by ToolHandle December 04, 2017
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Smoke grenade

Sit on her face and fart while she is sucking your balls
I just smoke grenaded your mom Aaron
by {ttv}361yungdan1375 March 01, 2021
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Having an enemy attach a plasma grenade to your face during deathwatch play in any of the XBox Halo game series.
I was right in the middle of a kill streak that abruptly ended with a case of PGFS (Plasma Grenade Face Syndrome) courteous of hgnryGenghis and his plasma grenade.
by hngryGenghis September 28, 2010
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stinky grenade

When defecating in a public restroom stall, after wiping one's anus, instead of dropping the soiled toilet paper into the toilet, it is tossed over the top of the stall into a neighboring stall occupied by the victim.
In the bathroom at work, I was taking a dump next to my annoying co-worker, so I decided to toss a stinky grenade onto him.
by TheRealArticle December 04, 2016
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