between the cup and the lip meaning in English

事情将成未成之际

There 's many a slip between the cup and the lip .
凡事都难以十拿九稳。
There is many a slip between the cup and the lip .
唇和杯之间尚会有许多阻碍。
At that moment a little accident supervened , which seemed decreed by fate purposely to prove the truth of the adage , that misfortunes never come singly , and to add to their distresses the vexing one of the slip between the cup and the lip
这时候发生了一个小小的插曲，仿佛也是天意，要证实“祸不单行”的格言，伤心之中因眼看到手的东西又失掉而更添恼怒。圣
He saw him once on the auspicious occasion when they broke up the type in the insuppressible or was it united ireland , a privilege he keenly appreciated , and , in point of fact , handed him his silk hat when it was knocked off and he said thank you , excited as he undoubtedly was under his frigid expression notwithstanding the little misadventure mentioned between the cup and the lip - what s bred in the bone
事实是，当巴涅尔的大礼帽被击落后，布卢姆把它捡起，递了过去。尽管上述小小灾难使巴涅尔功亏一篑211 ，他依旧神色坦然不过，内心无疑是激动的，还是说了声。 “谢谢你”这是出于渗透到他骨子里的习性。