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
ăvens: entis, v. 1. aveo, II.
(1) ăvēns, tis, part. de aveo || adjt, c. libens : Læv. d. Gell. 19, 7, 9.