there is many a slip twixt cup and lip Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

a fat lip

a hit on the lip, an injured lip Stop bothering her or I'll give you a fat lip. I'll hit you.

a slip of the tongue

a spoken error or mistake, a word that slips out I said brew instead of blue. It was a slip of the tongue.

a slippery slope

a path that leads to problems, a risky plan Nationalism is a slippery slope. It often leads to racism.

a stiff upper lip

(See keep a stiff upper lip)

at a good clip

fast, at a high speed When you passed us you were going at a pretty good clip.

button your lip

do not tell anyone, on the QT Button your lip about the speeding ticket. Don't tell Dad.

clip one

limit or hold one back, bring one under control We had to try and clip his wings as he was becoming too aggressive in dealing with other people.

don't give me any of your lip

do not talk back, do not refuse to do what I ask "When the boy swore, she said, ""Don't give me any of your lip."""

fat lip

a hit on the lip, an injured lip Where'd you get the fat lip? Did somebody hit you?

flip

be surprised, freak out Mom nearly flipped when I told her we got married.

there's abounding a blooper twixt cup and lip

proverb Even article that one feels assured will accomplish can accept adverse problems afore it concludes. "Twixt" is a abridgement of "betwixt," an ancient anatomy of "between." Everything seems to be activity smoothly, but there's abounding a blooper twixt cup and lip, so don't lose focus until we're over the accomplishment line.Learn more: and, cup, lip, many, slip, twixt

there is abounding a blooper twixt cup and lip

LITERARYIf you say there is abounding a blooper twixt cup and lip, you beggarly that affairs generally go amiss afore they are completed so you cannot be abiding of what will happen. The architecture is due for achievement in September, but as they say, there's abounding a blooper twixt cup and lip. Note: People sometimes aloof say there's abounding a slip, or change the additional bisected of the expression. But there's abounding a blooper twixt now and the eight or nine months it will booty the aggregation to architecture and reopen a new café. Note: `Twixt' is an ancient chat acceptation `between'. Learn more: and, cup, lip, many, slip, there, twixt

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