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- fall into (one's) lap
fall into (one's) lap
fall into (one's) lap
To be received unexpectedly or without effort. I didn't steal the internship from you—it fell into my lap, I swear! Your aunt has decided to get a new car, so her old one might fall into your lap.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Candela | | kahn-DE-lah | Spanish |
Padrig | | - | Welsh, Breton |
Vanja | | - | Croatian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
Slamet | | SLAH-met | Indonesian, Javanese |
Roseanna | | [rəu'zænə] | |
Rigby | | RIG-bee | English (Rare) |