lap of the gods
Example Sentences
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"We turn out 220 lambs expecting to get 160 back - at £150 a lamb we're in the lap of the gods until we gather."
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
And when you hit that shot, where it ends up is in the lap of the gods.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2018
But it’s in the lap of the gods, not Noel Gallagher, as much as he’d like to think he’s a bit of a god, but he ain’t… Cos I’ve seen him coming for years.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2017
"Really the government's fate is in the lap of the gods, or rather in the lap of global economic trends," said Adrian Kavanagh, a politics lecturer at Maynooth University.
From Reuters ● Dec. 13, 2013
"It is on the lap of the gods," thought Puramitra; "if the evil-doer stretches forth his hand to it, the justice of Heaven will appear."
From The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Henry Van Dyke
