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| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. |
| Uncertainty |
| All between the cradle and the coffin is uncertain. | 1 |
| Between the hand and the lip the morsel may slip. | 2 |
| Between the hand and the mouth the soup is often spilt. French, German, Spanish, Portuguese. | 3 |
| Many a slip between the cup and the lip. | 4 |
| There is many a slip ’twixt the cup and the lip. | 5 |
| ’Twixt the spoon and the lip, the morsel may slip. Danish. | 6 |
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