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
adj.
Ar. and P. ἀλάζων, P. κομπώδης (Thuc.), V. ὑπέρφρων, ὑψήγορος, στόμαργος, γαῦρος; see boastful.
(Of words), etc.: P. and V. ὑψηλός, P. ὑπέρκοπος.
