
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.酒杯到唇边,还可能滑走。
此谚语出自英国作家Dr.Brewer讲述的希腊神话中的故事。'twixt=betwixt,即between。
另有两句意思相同,用同一比喻的谚语:
Many things fall between the cup and the lip.
Between the cup and the lip, a morsel may slip.
类似意思的谚语还有:
If you sing before breakfast, you will cry before night.
早晨过于高兴,晚上就会哭泣。
Nothing is certain but the unforeseen.
凡是预测的事都是不能肯定的。
中国谚语“天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福”,还有俗语“高兴得太早,没有夜饭吃”,都是说事情难以十拿九稳,慎防功亏一篑;尚未完全成功的事,不能高兴得太早。

