Is there a way to bind the repeat_expression of ngRepeat?

Question

I am wondering whether I can set the repeat_expression in the scope and bind it in HTML?
Such as:

HTML

<ul>
  <li ng-repeat="expression">{{item.name}}</li>
</ul>

or

<ul>
  <li ng-repeat={{expression}}>{{item.name}}</li>
</ul>

Controller

$scope.expression = "item in items";