Meanings
present singular third person falls into one's lap · participle present falling into one's lap · past fell into one's lap · participle past fallen into one's lap
- Of something desirable, to be received by someone with little or no effort or by chance.
Synonyms: drop into someone's lap
Synonyms & antonyms
verbOf something desirable, to be received by someone with little or no effort or by chance.
Translations
Dutch uit de lucht vallen
- uit de lucht vallento be received with little or no effort
Finnish tipahtaa jonkun syliin
- tipahtaa jonkun syliinto be received with little or no effort
French tomber du ciel
- tomber du cielto be received with little or no effort
German in den Schoß fallen
- in den Schoß fallento be received with little or no effort
Italian piovere dal cielo
- piovere dal cieloto be received with little or no effort
Polish wpadać w ręce, wpaść w ręce
- wpadać w ręceto be received with little or no effort
- wpaść w ręceto be received with little or no effort
Cite this entry
fall into someone's lap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fall%20into%20someone's%20lap
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