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close your eyes and count to ten 

A method used to avoid blowing your cool and when wanting a person or something to go away.
During certain situations its best to close your eyes and count to ten.
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Close but no cigar 

When you come close to something but don't quite get there.

Just short of success

This phrase originated in the 1920's. Fair grounds would give cigars away as prizes. Prizes were more aimed at the adults then vs. children like they are now. The fair workers would shout out "close but no cigar".... The first written documentation of this word appeared in the 1930's and then became a common phrase.
You finish second in a race
A friend asks how you did
You tell them "I finished in second place, close but no cigar"
Close but no cigar by BBJ24 June 6, 2015

flew too close to the sun 

Being overconfident and reckless. Not knowing your limits. The phrase comes from the tale of Icarus, a young man who flew too close to the sun and fell from the sky when his wings melted. It's a tale of caution, warning us to remember our limitations.
Person #1: That man was killed by the gang leader, thinking he can take him on.
Person #2: I guess he flew too close to the sun.

close the store for you 

I'll buy you anything you want. Money is not an object!; boastful flaunting
Tomorrow at Noon, we're going to Victoria's, and you can have whatever you want! I've called ahead and requested they close the store for you!

John cleese

Possibly one of the most funniest comedians in the world, has played part in all the great classics, Monty Python films and flying circus, fawlty towers and others, one of the reasons why Britain is Great Britain :D
"Don't mention the war!" - John Cleese as Basil Fawlty in Fawlty towers
John cleese by Urburu November 2, 2005