dice roll
noun1
Idiomatic Something unpredictable or unexpected.
- But Tsurigasaki Beach is no Teahupo’o in Tahiti – one of the world’s best breaks and the completely offshore venue for the 2024 Paris Olympics – and the decision to eschew recent advances in wave technology in favour of the ocean is something of a dice roll by the organisers.2021 July 24, Mike Hytner, “Surf’s up: a watershed moment for boarders at the Tokyo Games”, in The Guardian:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dice, roll.