- on one's plate
- ► on one's plate chiefly Brit. occupying one's time or energy.Main Entry: ↑plate
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on one's plate — (figurative) In front of one, waiting to be dealt with • • • Main Entry: ↑plate * * * occupying one s time or energy you ve got a lot on your plate at the moment … Useful english dictionary
clean one's plate — eat up all the food put on one s plate … Useful english dictionary
have on one's plate — idi+inf have on one s plate, Informal. to have as an immediate obligation … From formal English to slang
on one's plate — chiefly Brit. occupying one s time or energy. → plate … English new terms dictionary
plate — ► NOUN 1) a flat dish from which food is eaten or served. 2) bowls, cups, and other utensils made of gold or silver. 3) a thin, flat piece of metal used to join or strengthen or forming part of a machine. 4) a small, flat piece of metal bearing a … English terms dictionary
plate — I. /pleɪt / (say playt) noun 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, now usually of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. a service of food for one person at the table. 3. an entire course: a cold plate. 4. a plate of sandwiches,… …
plate — plate1 plateless, adj. platelike, adj. /playt/, n., v., plated, plating. n. 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. the contents of such a dish; plateful. 3. an entire course of a meal… … Universalium
plate — noun 1》 a flat dish, typically circular, from which food is eaten or served. ↘N. Amer. a main course of a meal. ↘Austral./NZ a plate of food contributed by a guest to a social gathering. 2》 any shallow dish, especially one used for… … English new terms dictionary
plate — n. & v. n. 1 a a shallow vessel, usu. circular and of earthenware or china, from which food is eaten or served. b the contents of this (ate a plate of sandwiches). 2 a similar vessel usu. of metal or wood, used esp. for making a collection in a… … Useful english dictionary
plate — [[t]pleɪt[/t]] n. v. plat•ed, plat•ing 1) a shallow, usu. circular dish from which food is eaten 2) the contents of such a dish; plateful 3) an entire course of a meal served on such a dish: a vegetable plate[/ex] 4) the food and service for one… … From formal English to slang
