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
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Had he had a jot or scintilla of evidence for the charges he trumped up against me would he have allowed this? P. ἆρʼ ἂν εἴ γʼ εἶχε στιγμὴν ἢ σκιὰν τούτων ὧν κατεσκεύαζε κατʼ ἐμοῦ τοῦτʼ ἂν εἴασε (Dem. 552).
