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Lap Of The Gods

Definition: Lap Of The Gods

Lap Of The Gods

Noun

1. Beyond human control or responsibility; "there is nothing more I can do; it's in the lap of the gods now".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Modern Usage: Lap Of The Gods

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Movie/TV Titles

In the Lap of the Gods (1916)

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Expression: Lap Of The Gods

Expression using "lap of the gods": it's in the lap of the gods. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Lap Of The Gods

Language Translations for "lap of the gods"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

csak az isten tudja (to be in the lap of the gods), a jövő titka (to be in the lap of the gods). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aplay ofay ethay odsgay

   

Swedish

  

det ligger i gudarnas knän (it's in the lap of the gods). (various references)

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Anagrams: Lap Of The Gods

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-g-h-l-o-o-p-s-t"

-2 letters: floodgates.

-3 letters: falsehood, floodgate, gatefolds, toolheads.

-4 letters: asphodel, fleshpot, flotages, footages, footpads, galoshed, gatefold, goalpost, holdfast, hoptoads, pooftahs, posthole, potheads, potholed, potholes, selfhood, softhead, tadpoles, tapholes, theologs, toeholds, toolhead, toolshed.

-5 letters: apologs, apostle, daleths, dashpot, deposal, dotages, fagoted, flashed, floated, flotage, folates, footage, footled, footles, footpad, galoots, galoped, galoshe, gasohol, gelatos, gestapo, ghosted, gloated, goldest, goloshe, heptads, hooplas, hoptoad, hostage, hotdogs, lapdogs, legatos, loathed, loathes, loofahs, pedalos, pelotas, photoed, photogs, plashed, podesta, poodles, pooftah, postage, potages, pothead, pothole, seafood, shadoof, shafted, shoaled, shooled, solated, soothed, spathed, splodge, spoofed, spooled, stapled, stooged, stooled, stooped, tadpole, taphole, teashop, theolog, toehold, toledos.

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Alternative Orthography: Lap Of The Gods


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 61 70      4F 66      54 68 65      47 6F 64 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100001 01110000 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000111 01101111 01100100 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#97 &#112 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#84 &#104 &#101 &#32 &#71 &#111 &#100 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0061 0070      004F 0066      0054 0068 0065      0047 006F 0064 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

466782249722547471241817085

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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