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:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Freyde	-	Yiddish
Spiro	-	Greek
Celino	che-LEE-no (Italian), the-LEE-no (Spanish), se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Felicidade	-	Portuguese
Saam	-	Persian, Persian Mythology
Polymnia	-	Greek Mythology