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idiomthere's many a slip 'twixt (the) cup and (the) lip BrEBrE(also there's many a slip between cup and lip)old-fashioned used in order to say that you cannot be sure that a plan is going to succeed, because something might easily go wrong:"We've only got to win two more matches to get into the finals." "Ah, but remember, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip."
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