Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Uncertainty

All between the cradle and the coffin is uncertain.

Between the hand and the lip the morsel may slip.

Between the hand and the mouth the soup is often spilt.French, German, Spanish, Portuguese.

Many a slip between the cup and the lip.

There is many a slip ’twixt the cup and the lip.

’Twixt the spoon and the lip, the morsel may slip.Danish.