lap of the gods

“Whether we get it by Wednesday next week which is our deadline I do not know, it is in the lap of the gods.”

"It's literally in the lap of the gods," said the association's chief executive, Iain Wylie.

I accept that my lap is in the lap of the gods.

And when you hit that shot, where it ends up is in the lap of the gods.

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