Twixt the spoon and the lip, the morsel may slip.
More Dutch Proverbs:
With hard work, you can get fire out of a stone.Dutch
With hard work, you can get fire out of a stone.
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Touch a galled horse and he'll wince.
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When cats are mousing they don't mew.
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Behind the cross stands the devil.
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Better keep peace than make peace.
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