ἡμισύθλαστος
From LSJ
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
English (LSJ)
ον, half-crushed, Hsch.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἡμισύθλαστος: -ον, κατὰ τὸ ἥμισυ τεθλασμένος, ἡμίθλαστος, Ἡσυχ.
Greek Monolingual
ἡμισύθλαστος, -ον (Α)
κατά το ήμισυ τεθλασμένος, μισοσπασμένος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ήμισυς + θλαστός (< θλω «σπάω»), πρβλ. εύθλαστος, κεφαλόθλα-στος].