na cuir do làmh eadar a' chlach is an sgrath

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Literally, “don't put your hand between the stone and the turf”

Phrase

na cuir do làmh eadar a' chlach is an sgrath

1. (idiomatic) there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

See also

• eadar a' chlach is an sgrath