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The proverb "there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip" means that a plan or expected outcome can easily go wrong before it is fully complete.
The myth of Ancaeus: According to legend, King Ancaeus was told by a slave that he would never live to taste the wine from his new vineyard. When a cup of wine from his grapes was poured for him, he mocked the slave. Just as he raised the cup, a messenger arrived to say a wild boar was destroying his land. He put down the cup, ran out to fight the beast, and died.
1893 illustration
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