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
dătus: ūs, m. id.,
I a giving: in abl., Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 16.—
II = datum, a gift (late Lat.): datus insipientis non est utilis tibi, Vulg. Sirach, 20, 14; 18, 18.