καταβλητέον
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)
(καταβάλλω)
A one must sow, εἰς ποίαν γῆν ποῖον σπέρμα κ. Pl.Tht.149e. 2 one must pay, Χρέος (metaph. of life), Plu.2.107a.
