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
See also: and, cup, lip, many, slip, twixt

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JaslynJAZ-linEnglish (Rare)
Adeline['ædili:n]
Lucine-Armenian
No'ah-Biblical Hebrew
MauritsMOW-ritsDutch
ZalmonZAL-mən (English)Biblical