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

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Source Word

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

Proverb

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Alternative form of there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

Japanese Meaning

物事はほぼ成功しているように見えても、最後の瞬間で予期せぬ失敗やトラブルが起こる可能性があり、結果が確定するまで油断できないという戒めの諺

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I was sure we'd win the match, but then there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, and we lost in the final minutes.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私は試合に勝つと確信していたが、終わるまでは何が起こるかわからないものだ。結局、試合終盤で負けてしまった。

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Alternative form of there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

With the blessings of my elders, I started for Bombay. This was my first journey from Rajkot to Bombay. My brother accompanied me. But there is many a slip, twixt the cup and the lip. There were difficulties to be faced in Bombay.

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