Idiom
land in someone's lap
Meaning
To come into somebody's possession without that person making any effort to attain it, and possibly without them expecting it.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“A great job offer landed in my lap today.”
“I was not looking for a new car, but a cheap one landed in my lap when my neighbor moved away.”
“The lucrative contract landed in his lap unexpectedly, requiring no effort on his part to secure the deal.”
Examples
simple
“A great job offer landed in my lap today.”
contextual
“I was not looking for a new car, but a cheap one landed in my lap when my neighbor moved away.”
complex
“The lucrative contract landed in his lap unexpectedly, requiring no effort on his part to secure the deal.”
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