τερμοδρομέω
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)
run to the goal, Man.4.520.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1094] zum Ziele laufen, Maneth. 4, 520.