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
P. and V. δυστυχής, δυσδαίμων, ἀτυχής (Eur., Heraclidae 460, but rare V.), Ar. and V. δύσποτμος, δύσμορος (also Antipho. but rare P.), V. ἄμοιρος (also Plato but rare P.), ἄμμορος; see unfortunate.
