lap of the gods

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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

"It's all in the lap of the gods as to whether they follow it through properly," he said.

From Reuters • Aug. 14, 2017

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

But these things are in the lap of the gods.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry