Talk:there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

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Chambers 1908's definition stresses the idea of something going wrong at the last moment (which makes sense with the cup-touching-lip metaphor). Ours doesn't mention that angle at all. Equinox ◑ 23:51, 2 October 2018 (UTC)Reply

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