lap of the gods

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   beyond human control or responsibility

   “there is nothing more I can do; it's in the lap of the gods now”

   Broaderlap

Questions about lap of the gods

What does lap of the gods mean?

lap of the gods means "beyond human control or responsibility".

Is lap of the gods a common word?

lap of the gods is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.