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
v. trans.
P. and V. θύειν, V. ἐκθύειν, ῥέζειν, ἔρδειν; see sacrifice, kill.