let the chips fall where they may

Originally a woodcutting metaphor (in full, "hew to the line and let the chips fall where they may").

• "[H]e said tinny things to me, thinks like . . . "I want to talk cold turkey to you, man to man!" And he took me down to what he called his "den" in order that we might ". . . call a spade a spade, and let the chips fall where they may.""
• ""My agenda is to let the Council members come into their own, to be freethinkers and push what they think is right, and let the chips fall where they may," Mr. Vallone said."
• ""We acted very directly, very swiftly, we told the truth and we'll let the investigation play out and let the chips fall where they may.""

• let the dice fall where they may

• take things as they come