drop in lap

Meaning

1. drop / dump sth in sb's lap

   to make sth the responsibility of another person

   They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap.

In the movies · 1

• I doubt anything's gonna drop into our laps.Match Point2005
• The sooner you drop this in the lap of the law, that's the sooner you stand a chance of your sister being picked up.Psycho1960

From the same entry

• drops into lap
• in the lap of the gods
• in the lap of luxury
• lap up