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Proverb

Many a slip, twixt the cup and the lip.

Submitter comment:

This proverb means that anything can happen from the time you start something until you finish it.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: Black, Freddie

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cup ; DRINKING ; Lip ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; SLIP ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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