hand someone something on a plate Idioma

a full plate

a busy schedule, a lot to do Nancy has a full plate these days. She has two jobs and three kids.

clean up your plate

finish eating all the food on your plate, eat it up You may leave the table after you've cleaned up your plate.

full plate

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on my plate

on my schedule, on my list of duties or tasks I have too much on my plate right now. I'm too busy.

plate is full

too much to do, cannot do any more I'm busy writing exams. My plate is full.

step up to the plate

do your best, take action, take your turn Pedro said,

home plate|home|plate

n. The base in baseball where the batter stands and that a runner must touch to score. The runner slid across home plate ahead of the tag to score a run.

have a lot on one's plate

have a lot on one's plate
Also, have too much on one's plate. Have a great deal (or too much) to cope with, as in What with the new baby and the new house, they have a lot on their plate, or I can't take that on now; I've got too much on my plate already. This expression transfers a loaded or overloaded dinner plate to other activities. [First half of 1900s]

plate

plate
see hand to on a silver platter; have a lot on one's plate.

hand (one) (something) on a plate

To accord or abandon article to one actual easily, after them accepting to assignment actual adamantine to get or accomplish it. The team's aegis has been awful today, handing their opponents a achievement on a plate. If we can get the government to angel our project, our annual balance will be handed to us on a plate.Learn more: hand, on, plate

hand addition article on a plate

mainly BRITISHCOMMON If addition hands you article on a plate, you get it after accepting to accomplish any effort. Even the admiral was handed to him on a plate. He had had everything, the accomplished apple handed to him on a plate. Note: Other verbs such as offer and serve up can be acclimated instead of hand. Why charge our kids accept aggregate served up on a plate?Learn more: hand, on, plate, someone, something

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plague plain plan plank plate platter play a losing game play a waiting game hand in (one's) dinner pail hand in (one's) notice hand in glove hand in glove with (someone or something) hand in hand hand in the till, with one's hand in your dinner pail Hand it over hand it to hand it to (someone) hand it to someone hand off hand off to (someone) hand on hand on the baton hand on the torch hand out hand over hand over fist hand over hand hand over the baton hand over the reins hand round hand someone a lemon hand someone something hand someone something on a plate hand something to somebody on a plate hand that rocks the cradle, the hand to hand to (one) hand to God hand to hand hand to mouth hand to mouth, exist/live from hand to mouth, from hand to on a silver platter hand up hand up (to someone) handbag handbags at dawn handbags at six paces handbags at ten paces handbasket handcart handcuff handed hander handers handful hand-in-glove handle