Idiom: fall into one’s lap

Meaning

Idiom: fall / drop into one's lap

to quickly or unexpectedly obtain or achieve something desirable without effort

Example sentences

— I spent six months looking everywhere for a job and couldn’t find anything and the week after I stopped looking, a great job just fell into my lap.

— I’m really worried about my daughter. Right now, everything seems to fall into her lap but one day she’s going to have to learn to work for the things she wants.

— My twins are so different. One has to work really hard for everything while things simply drop into the other's lap.

— After I stopped trying to force the outcome, good things just started dropping into my lap.

—I recommend you just focus on your health and improving your skills and the right job will fall into your lap.

— My son is confident a modeling gig will fall into his lap if he can just move to New York.

— Sometimes life is really unfair and amazing opportunities fall into lazy peoples' laps.

— Everyone thinks this promotion just fell into my lap but I've been releasing personal YouTube videos for five years, developing the skills needed for the job.

— To you, the success of many YouTubers seems to just fall into their laps. You are just not seeing all of the work done behind the scenes.

Synonyms

present itself

Idiom: fall into one’s lap

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