άπελπις

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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

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Greek Monolingual

ἄπελπις (-ιδος), ο, η
αυτός για τον οποίο δεν υπάρχει ελπίδα, δεν ελπίζεται καλή έκβασηάπελπις προσπάθεια», «διεξάγουν άπελπιν αγώνα»).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < απελπίζω. Η λ. μαρτυρείται από το 1889 στο Ελληνογαλλικό Λεξικό του Ν. Κοντόπουλου].