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
When she analysed their relation she always found that all lay on the lap of the gods.
From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel
