twixt

there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

proverb Even something that one feels confident will succeed can have disastrous problems before it concludes. "Twixt" is a shortening of "betwixt," an archaic form of "between." Everything seems to be going smoothly, but there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, so don't lose focus until we're over the finish line.

See also: and, cup, lip, many, slip, twixt

twixt

A shortened form of "betwixt," an archaic word for "between." It can be used with or without an apostrophe before it. I'm twixt and between about going back to school. I got a great scholarship offer, but I don't know that I want to juggle schoolwork and a full-time job.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip

. Prov. Many things may happen to prevent you from carrying out what you intend to do. Bob: Now that I have a contract with a publisher, nothing in the world can stop me from writing this book. Alan: Don't be so sure. There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.

there is many a slip twixt cup and lip

LITERARY

If you say there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, you mean that plans often go wrong before they are completed so you cannot be sure of what will happen. The building is due for completion in September, but as they say, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip. Note: People sometimes just say there's many a slip, or change the second half of the expression. But there's many a slip twixt now and the eight or nine months it will take the company to design and reopen a new café. Note: `Twixt' is an old-fashioned word meaning `between'.

See also: and, cup, lip, many, slip, there, twixt

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, there's

Nothing is certain until one possesses it. This old proverb is thought by many to come from the ancient Greek legend of Antaeus, helmsman of the ship Argo. A slave told him he would never live to taste the wine from his own vineyard. As some wine from his grapes was set before him, he sent for the slave to show him his mistake, but the slave allegedly said, “There’s many a slip ’twixt the cup and the lip.” Just then a messenger arrived, telling him the Calydonian boar was destroying his vineyard. Antaeus jumped up, set down his wine, and went out to kill the boar, but was himself killed by the ferocious animal. Another writer believes the phrase comes from Homer’s Odyssey, in which Odysseus aimed an arrow at Antinous as he was about to drink some wine. The arrow hit him in the throat, and the cup fell from his hands before he could drink.

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释义	twixt there's many a slip twixt cup and lip proverb Even something that one feels confident will succeed can have disastrous problems before it concludes. "Twixt" is a shortening of "betwixt," an archaic form of "between." Everything seems to be going smoothly, but there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, so don't lose focus until we're over the finish line. See also: and, cup, lip, many, slip, twixt twixt A shortened form of "betwixt," an archaic word for "between." It can be used with or without an apostrophe before it. I'm twixt and between about going back to school. I got a great scholarship offer, but I don't know that I want to juggle schoolwork and a full-time job. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip . Prov. Many things may happen to prevent you from carrying out what you intend to do. Bob: Now that I have a contract with a publisher, nothing in the world can stop me from writing this book. Alan: Don't be so sure. There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. See also: and, cup, lip, many, slip McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. there is many a slip twixt cup and lip LITERARY If you say there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, you mean that plans often go wrong before they are completed so you cannot be sure of what will happen. The building is due for completion in September, but as they say, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip. Note: People sometimes just say there's many a slip, or change the second half of the expression. But there's many a slip twixt now and the eight or nine months it will take the company to design and reopen a new café. Note: `Twixt' is an old-fashioned word meaning `between'. See also: and, cup, lip, many, slip, there, twixt Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, there's Nothing is certain until one possesses it. This old proverb is thought by many to come from the ancient Greek legend of Antaeus, helmsman of the ship Argo. A slave told him he would never live to taste the wine from his own vineyard. As some wine from his grapes was set before him, he sent for the slave to show him his mistake, but the slave allegedly said, “There’s many a slip ’twixt the cup and the lip.” Just then a messenger arrived, telling him the Calydonian boar was destroying his vineyard. Antaeus jumped up, set down his wine, and went out to kill the boar, but was himself killed by the ferocious animal. Another writer believes the phrase comes from Homer’s Odyssey, in which Odysseus aimed an arrow at Antinous as he was about to drink some wine. The arrow hit him in the throat, and the cup fell from his hands before he could drink. See also: and, cup, many, slip The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: there is many a slip twixt cup and lip there's many a slip there's many a slip twixt cup and lip There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip village it takes a village teach a man to fish a little knowledge is a dangerous thing a little learning is a dangerous thing the best-laid plans of mice and men References in periodicals archive So if you have a spare hour on Tuesdays, why not tune in to Zetland FM twixt 6pm and 7pm and see if I'm on? Hitting the airwaves and feeling the fear Names such as The Gates (border twixt Treorchy and Ynyswen) are still used. Land of tumps, tubs, islands and puzzles So I am happy to join the debate 'twixt L Hollier and Paul Gaskin in the Talkback columns regarding the engine pulling The Cornishman in the lovely photograph recently published of Snow Hill station. Once bitten, always a 'spotter' Coming back home from a prolonged walk on the beach, reminiscing Shelley's 'twixt heaven, air, earth and sea, we try to devour a heap of Inquirer's back issues. Reading Inquirer's Oscar Tan 'backward' and more closely Il compte a son actif une dizaine de films, dont nous citions Twixt (2011), Tetro (2009) ,Youth without youth (l'homme sans age) (2007) , the rainmaker (l'idealiste)( 1997), jack (1996) ,the conversation (conversation secrete) (1974) ,the godfather (le parrain) (1972) et autres. Francis Ford Coppola a tete du Jury For the rest it will still be a struggle, To juggle twixt profit and loss, So when it comes down to decision time, Just think, where will you put your cross? General Election; Poet's corner Summary: "There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip," goes the old English proverb. Reasons why the Iran accord may not have the desired impact And his character in ITV's new missing persons drama Chasing Shadows- a sort of Asperger's Columbo with zero social skills - was a total non-starter, shuffling around with a pinched, constipated look on his face as though trying to keep a biro clenched 'twixt his bum cheeks. Ponderous pair score low gaucho marks; Bevan on the box WITH NATHAN BEVAN Bevan on the box WITH NATHAN BEVAN (Warped as well-at craps?) two + six = so twix' (twixt seven and nine) two + seven = set woven (Makes a set of nine-a baseball team, or the positive digits, or what.) two + eight = to weight (Weighing down two with a massive eight more = too weight to wait.) two + nine = not wine (No drinking after 10:30! 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World where stats can be meaningless WE OWN THE NIGHT ITV1 10.35pm (Not STV) Joaquin Phoenix gets caught twixt the Russian mob and Brooklyn family in the 1980s. FRIDAY The flimsy plot strains to fill 127 minutes of screen time so there are noticeable longueurs, which Sanders fills with slow-motion battle sequences and a chaste romance twixt Stewart and strapping Hemsworth. Once upon a time .in a land far,far away; THE BIG picture SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN (12A, 127 mins) "Twixt" is a work of fantasy and Irish folklore set in Idaho, as Rose, descendent of a legend of the region who had fairy powers, begins to tempt the forces of the unknown once more. The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
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