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There's many a slip twixt cup and lip
There's many a slip twixt cup and lip.
(literary) something that you say in order to warn someone not to be too confident about the result of a plan, because many things can go wrong before it is completed We still might finish in time for the deadline, but there's many a slip twixt cup and lip.
See fall through the cracks, let slip
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Seraphina | | - | English (Rare), German (Rare), Late Roman |
Jae | | JAY | English (Rare) |
Albertine | | - | French |
Dalia (1) | | - | Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic) |
Kerr | | - | Scottish, English (Rare) |
Cvijeta | | TSVEE-e-tah | Croatian, Serbian |