πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
επίρρ. πολύ κοντά στη θάλασσα, στον γιαλό.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κατ(α)- + γιαλός + επιρρμ. κατάλ. -α (πρβλ. άψογα, λαίμαργα].