<Li> A played version of the phrase is also attributed to W.V.O. Quine: There is many a slip betwixt subjective cup and objective lip . </Li> <Ul> <Li> The American pop group The Present recorded a song called "Many's the Slip Twixt the Cup and the Lip (or Baby the World Really Turns)" in 1967 . The song, written by George Fischoff and Tony Powers, was released as a single on the Philips label but failed to chart . </Li> <Li> In the 1988 film Young Guns, Billy the Kid, played by Emilio Estevez, tells his band of outlaws in response to their concern of potential hanging, that if they are caught that they will most certainly get hanged, and then utters the phrase but "There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip". </Li> <Li> In an early episode of Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing, the character of Donna Moss, played by Janel Moloney, misquotes the expression, saying "There's many a slip' twixt the tongue and the wrist, Josh ." </Li> <Li> In a second - season episode of Batman (1967), "Batman Displays His Knowledge", the Dynamic Duo are put into a huge coffee cup death trap by Catwoman . Scalding hot coffee mixed with sulfuric acid was about to pour down on them . When Batman exclaims that he may have figured a way out of the predicament, Robin quips: "There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip!!" </Li> </Ul> <Li> The American pop group The Present recorded a song called "Many's the Slip Twixt the Cup and the Lip (or Baby the World Really Turns)" in 1967 . The song, written by George Fischoff and Tony Powers, was released as a single on the Philips label but failed to chart . </Li> <Li> In the 1988 film Young Guns, Billy the Kid, played by Emilio Estevez, tells his band of outlaws in response to their concern of potential hanging, that if they are caught that they will most certainly get hanged, and then utters the phrase but "There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip". </Li>

There are many slip between cup and lip