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in the lap of the gods

in the lap of the gods prepositional phrase: up to chance; Outside of one's ability to control or affect the result.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK) Up to chance; Outside of one's ability to control or affect the result.

in the lap of the gods meaning in Malayalam

in the lap of the gods in Malayalam

out of one's hands, beyond one's control, in the hands of fate
ഒരാളിന്റെ കെെയിൽ നിൽക്കാത്തത്, ഒരുവന്റെ നിയന്ത്രണത്തിനപ്പുറമുള്ള കാര്യം, ദെെവയോഗം, ദെെവത്തിന്റെ കയ്യിലുള്ളത്, ഒരാളുടെ കഴിവിനപ്പുറത്തുള്ളത്, വിധിനിശ്ചയം

Questions about in the lap of the gods

What does in the lap of the gods mean?
In the lap of the gods means up to chance; Outside of one's ability to control or affect the result.
What is in the lap of the gods in Malayalam?
In the lap of the gods in Malayalam is ഒരാളിന്റെ കെെയിൽ നിൽക്കാത്തത്, ഒരുവന്റെ നിയന്ത്രണത്തിനപ്പുറമുള്ള കാര്യം, ദെെവയോഗം. See In the lap of the gods meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is in the lap of the gods?
In the lap of the gods is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the lap of the gods in the dictionary

  1. in the interest of justice
  2. in the interest of time
  3. in the interim
  4. in the know
  5. in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
  6. in the lap of the gods
  7. in the last analysis
  8. in the lead
  9. in the least
  10. in the light of
  11. in the limelight

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in the lap of the gods (page history and authors); in the lap of the gods (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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