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Headword: *polla\ metacu\ pe/lei ku/likos kai\ xei/leos a)/krou
Adler number: pi,1869
Translated headword: many things lie between a cup and a lip's edge
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[no gloss]
Greek Original:
*polla\ metacu\ pe/lei ku/likos kai\ xei/leos a)/krou.
Note:
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip (a hexameter verse): cf. Zenobius 5.71 and other paroemiographers; Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.33.
Keywords: daily life; food; meter and music; poetry; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 14 August 2012@10:19:51.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 15 August 2012@11:46:12.
Catharine Roth (expanded note, added keyword) on 15 August 2012@11:48:06.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 16 August 2012@03:17:58.
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