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Meaning of there's many a slip between the cup and the lip | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Phrase. [C2]

Examples

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

“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.”

“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?”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

there's many a slip twixt cup and lip there's more than one way to cook an egg there's more than one way to crack an egg there's more than one way to feed a cat there's more than one way to fuck a cat there's more than one way to peel an orange