fall into someone's lap

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

fall into someone's lap (third-person singular simple present falls into one's lap, present participle falling into one's lap, simple past fell into one's lap, past participle fallen into one's lap)

1. Of something desirable, to be received by someone with little or no effort or by chance.

   Synonym: drop into someone's lap

Translations

to be received with little or no effort

• Dutch: uit de lucht vallen
• Finnish: tipahtaa jonkun syliin
• French: tomber du ciel (fr)
• German: in den Schoß fallen (de)
• Italian: piovere dal cielo
• Polish: wpadać w ręce impf, wpaść w ręce pf

See also

• godsend
• you don't get something for nothing
• there's no such thing as a free lunch
• money doesn't grow on trees
• fall into someone's hands