Twixt the cup and the lip there’s many a slip.
More French Proverbs:
To squeeze an eel too hard is the way to lose it.French
To squeeze an eel too hard is the way to lose it.
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A Sunday's child never dies of the plague.
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When there is no wind every man is a pilot.
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Comparison is not proof.
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The big fish eat the little ones.
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