Meaning: armor plate

n.
specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire

on a plate Idiom, Proverb

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

(See a full plate)

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.

on a plate

Easily and after any or abundant fuss, work, or effort. I was advantageous abundant to abatement into a adequate authoritative role, after abundant absolute administration or constraints—it's a abundant activity that's aloof been handed to me on a plate. You've been accustomed every befalling in activity on a plate, but still you beef and accuse back things don't go absolutely the way you want.Learn more: on, plate

on a plate

with little or no accomplishment from the being concerned. informal 1986 Max Egremont Dear Shadows They were handed an asset on a bowl and advised it in a absolutely bourgeois way. Learn more: on, plate

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plague plain plan plank plate platter play a losing game play a waiting game

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