Many a slip ( many things fall ) between the cup and the lip.
酒杯来到嘴唇边,得饮与否未可知;物未到手前,未能算己有;凡事难以十拿九稳.
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看到他到处受欢迎的样子, 他们觉得他当选是十拿九稳的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
This time the opportunity presented what he fatuously termed to himself a'cinch '.
这一次出现的机会极为难得,他满以为十拿九稳哩.
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不过,她还没达到十拿九稳的地步,急切地想打听一下克罗夫特夫妇有没有在大宅里说起这件事,因为他们是先去那里走访的。
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The only sure way was to walk up to him, camouflaged bomb in hand, and detonate.
唯一十拿九稳的办法就是,走到他面前, 手里拿着伪装起来的炸弹, 引爆它.
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"I'll get the Republican nomination," he assured me. "It's in the bag."
“我会得到共和党提名的,”他向我保证,“这是十拿九稳的事。”
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
