Re: Sat In Your Lap

["Stuart M. Castergine" <scasterg@cd.columbus.oh.us>]

On Thu, 19 Jan 1995, Chris Verret wrote:

> As an aside: could someone please explain what "sat in your lap" means?
> I suppose it's some kind of English saying.
> 

Don't know much about English sayings, but form teh context of the song, 
"Some say that knowledge is something that's sat in your lap / Some say 
that knowledge is something that you never have," I'd say that "Sat in 
Your Lap" is akin to the saying "Handed to you on a silver platter." In 
other words, soemthing "Sat in Your Lap" is given to you without 
you having to expend any effort on it.

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