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
[Seite 982] dasselbe, ἐκ μετώπου ἱδρὼς πιδύων στῆθος ἐπισταλάει Leon. Tar. 47 (IX, 322).