there'smany aslipbetweenthecupandthelip

1. Alternative form ofthere's many a slip twixt cup and lip.
   • [1797, Thomas Browne, “Ancaeus”, inA New Classical Dictionary for the Use of Schools, […], London: […] G[eorge] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […]; andE[lizabeth] Newbery, […],→OCLC,signature D, recto, column 1:

     Multa cadunt inter calicem supremaque labra.[…]There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.]

   • [1835, [Catharine Sedgwick], chapter XXIX, inThe Linwoods; or, “Sixty Years since” in America. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers, […],→OCLC,page139:

     That "there is many a slip between the cup and the lip" is a proverb somewhat musty; but it pithily indicates the sudden mutations to which poor humanity is liable.]

   • 1848 November –1850 December,William Makepeace Thackeray, “Mr. and Mrs. Sam. Huxter”, inThe History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London:Bradbury and Evans, […], published1850,→OCLC,page332:

     There's many a slip between the cup and the lip! Who knows what may happen, Mr. Huxter, or who will sit in Parliament for Clavering next session?

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