"It is on the knees of the gods" nghĩa là gì?

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"(It is) on the knees of the gods" nghĩa là còn chưa rõ, chưa biết, chưa chắc chắn.

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As you well know, however, the final success of the operation lies on the knees of the gods and we cannot tell what explosion (vụ nổ) may momentarily (trong giây lát) come from Japan.

However, so he decided before he reached the Phipps' gate, he had started across the desert and it was too late to turn back. Whether he brought his caravan (đoàn đi buôn) over safely or the Bedouins got him was on the knees of the gods.

In the culture of Homeric literature it was not certain outstanding individuals whose destiny was the concern of the gods, but all and each whose personal fate was spun on the knees of the gods and woven for good or ill with the fates of others.

I know that you are great, and that I am much inferior (thua kém); but the outcome of all this lies on the knees of the gods, whether I, though a lesser man, will rob you of your life with a cast of my spear; my weapon too has been proved sharp enough in the past.


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