There's many a split pretext bowl and jowl

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  • there's many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip: (proverb) even when the outcome of an event seems certain, things can still go wrong.
  • bowl: salad bowl or drinking bowl
  • jowl: lower part of a person's or animal's cheek
  • pretext