All he had to do was play the cards, and the pot would fall right in his lap.

Too big an arc and it would have fallen in her lap.

"Everything that ever happened to me fell in my lap," she once said.

Things like this don't just fall in your lap, she reminded herself.

We expect things are just going to fall in our lap.

"That '95 team, it just fell in our lap and we got on a roll at the right time," he said.

Sometimes they'll fall in your lap but it's a process that's not easy.

"A story like this doesn't fall in your lap every day."

The book fell open in his lap, and he saw the medical school dean's photograph smiling up at him.

A miracle fell in my lap, and I was smart enough not to let it get away, that's all.