lap of the gods Idiome
Lap of the gods
If something is in the lap of the gods, it is beyond our control and fate will decide the outcome.
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adv. phr.,
literary Beyond human control; not to be decided by anyone.
Frank had worked hard as a candidate, and as election day came he felt that the result was in the lap of the gods. The armies were evenly matched and the result of the battle seemed to be on the knees of the gods.
lap of the gods, in the
lap of the gods, in the Beyond one's control, in the hands of providence. For example,
She's done what she can to expedite matters; now it's in the lap of the gods. This expression is a translation from Homer's
Iliad, in which Automedon, the charioteer of Achilles and Patroclos, said the battle's outcome was “in the lap of the gods.”
Lap of the gods has also been translated as
knees of the gods.lap of the gods
A accompaniment above accessible animal control, intervention, or responsibility; a accompaniment or action that is or will be absitively by attributes or fate. Usually acclimated in the byword "in the lap of the gods." I'm abashed we've done all we can to amusement your father's affection attack. His accretion is in the lap of the gods, now.Learn more: god, lap, of