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
Α δίδωμι
(αμτβ.)
1. υποχωρώ, ενδίδω
2. (για δύναμη ή εξουσία) παρακμάζω ή εκπίπτω.