there’s many a slip (’twixt cup and lip)是什么意思_英语组词翻译

词组

there’s many a slip (’twixt cup and lip)

释义

●there’s ˌmany a ˈslip (’twixt ˌcup and ˈlip)

(saying)

(of plans, hopes, etc. 计划、希望等)

nothing is completely certain until it happens because things can easily go wrong 酒杯到口，还会失手；万事难以十拿九稳

◆We should get to London before 7 o’clock, but there’s many a slip ’twixt cup and lip.
我们应能在 7 点钟以前赶到伦敦，可是意外情况在所难免。

◆She aims to get to the top in the company, but there’s many a slip…
她立志打入公司的上层，但万事难以十拿九稳…

NOTE The word ’twixt is a short form of the old word betwixt, meaning ‘between’. * twixt 是古英语词 betwixt 的缩写形式，意为“在…之间”。

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