See fall into someone's lap on Wiktionary
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"Of something desirable, to be received by someone with little or no effort or by chance."
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"word": "godsend"
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{
"word": "you don't get something for nothing"
},
{
"word": "there's no such thing as a free lunch"
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{
"word": "money doesn't grow on trees"
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{
"word": "fall into someone's hands"
}
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"word": "drop into someone's lap"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"word": "uit de lucht vallen"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"word": "tipahtaa jonkun syliin"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"word": "tomber du ciel"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"word": "in den Schoß fallen"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"word": "piovere dal cielo"
},
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"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
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"word": "wpadać w ręce"
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"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
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"word": "wpaść w ręce"
}
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"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"word": "uit de lucht vallen"
},
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"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"word": "tipahtaa jonkun syliin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"word": "tomber du ciel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"word": "in den Schoß fallen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"word": "piovere dal cielo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wpadać w ręce"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be received with little or no effort",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "wpaść w ręce"
}
],
"word": "fall into someone's lap"
}
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