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
Ar. and P. ξιφίδιον, τό, P. ἐγχειρίδιον, τό, P. and V. μάχαιρα, ἡ.