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on a plate en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) Within easy reach; easily achieved.
    • The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize. 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
    • United looked listless, but found the inspiration they were badly lacking in Rashford. First the 21-year-old collected a long ball, bounced through a half-hearted challenge from Maya Yoshida and laid a chance on a plate for Lukaku. 2018 December 1, Tom Rostance, “Southampton 2 - 2 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:

Relateds

on one's plate

Synonyms

on a platter · on a silver platter

Translations (8)

fi lautasella ((idiomatic) within easy reach, easily achieved) · de auf dem Silbertablett ((idiomatic) within easy reach, easily achieved) · fr sur un plateau d'argent ((idiomatic) within easy reach, easily achieved) · de auf dem silbernen Tablett ((idiomatic) within easy reach, easily achieved) · pl na tacy ((idiomatic) within easy reach, easily achieved) · fi hopealautasella ((idiomatic) within easy reach, easily achieved) · ka ლანგარზე მირთმეული ((idiomatic) within easy reach, easily achieved) · fr sur un plateau ((idiomatic) within easy reach, easily achieved)