in the lap of the gods
UKused to say that a situation that cannot be controlled and depends only on good luck:
The doctors have done everything possible for him, so his recovery now is in the lap of the gods.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fate and destiny
- Damocles
- destined
- destiny
- fatalism
- fate
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- jinx
- lap
- lightning
- lightning never strikes twice idiom
- lot
- luckless
- predestined
- preordain
- providence
- providential
- sword
- write
- written in the stars idiom
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