fall into someone's lap

Meanings:

• 1.

  USUKAustraliaCanadaGlobalneutralliteral
  • To drop physically into a person's lap or onto their legs.

• 2.

  USUKAustraliaCanadaGlobalidiomaticinformal
  • To be received by someone with little or no effort, often by chance; to be obtained easily or unexpectedly.