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What does slip between cup and lip mean?
My mom always says “there’s many slips between the cup and the lip”. Totally frigging baffles me. Help?
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My mom always says “there’s many slips between the cup and the lip”. Totally frigging baffles me. Help?
It means that you need to slip a kiss in between the cup and the drinker’s lip.
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LikeDislikeThe original form was “there’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip,” which was an English proverb. The basic meaning is that even when things seem certain, something can go wrong. The task may seem simple, like drinking from a cup, but a lot can still go wrong (and thus the “slip” would lead to a spill).
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LikeDislikenice proverb
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LikeDislikevery meaning ful proverb………….
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LikeDislikeit has nothing to do with the agreed with comment this one is correct: The original form was “there’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip,” which was an English proverb. The basic meaning is that even when things seem certain, something can go wrong.
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LikeDislikeThat was very goodthank you
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LikeDislikevery nice proverb.
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LikeDislikeIn other words:
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched!
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LikeDislikeYes, I have heard it used in this sense(that things can often go wrong in a simple action, so nothing is certain) but I have also heard it used a few times in the connotation that secret information is revealed or slipped out when one is imbibing or drinking alcohol. A good drink can loosen lips very quickly.
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LikeDislikereally a good proverb
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LikeDislikeLiterally it could mean that something which one would expect to get but at the last moment the opportunity slipped out of the hands.
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LikeDislike” crossing the bridge
before it comes .”
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LikeDislikeIt was okay
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LikeDislikeDon DeFore’s character, (George Baxter) said this on an episode of “Hazel” back in 1964. He, (Baxter) attributed the quote to William Shakespeare.
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LikeDislikeMany years ago when I first heard the expression, it was explained to me that the meaning was, basically, think before you speak! I’m sure there are several meanings!
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LikeDislikeIt’s a proverb and means: many things could go wrong between the start and the END of a project.
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LikeDislikeVed has summed it up very well. But I don’t understand why people are not liking Mel’s comment, which is also true. “The basic meaning is that even when things seem certain, something can go wrong.” This is a concise explanation, which also means much the same as “don’t count your chickens before they hatch”. Wikipedia and most of the dictionary definitions mention it means much the same as “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch”. Why on earth anyone would relate it to drinking alcohol, though, I don’t know. It refers to what can happen between the cup and the lip — as you lift the one to the other. Alcohol is not involved.
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