(one's) plate

informal One's schedule of imminent or pressing matters. I'm sorry, I've got too much on my plate at the moment to help with your project. We had an extremely busy period just before the holidays, but our plate is pretty clear now.

plates

slang The feet. The term comes from rhyming slang in which "plates" is short for "plates of meat," which rhymes with "feet." Primarily heard in UK. I've been on me plates all day—can we sit down for a while?

plate

verb

See platter

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

plate
plates
one minute to midnight
hang over
hang over (someone or something)
hung over
brief
brief (one) on (someone or something)
pull (someone or something) out of the fire
pull out of the fire

词组	(one's) plate
释义	(one's) plate (one's) plate informal One's schedule of imminent or pressing matters. I'm sorry, I've got too much on my plate at the moment to help with your project. We had an extremely busy period just before the holidays, but our plate is pretty clear now. See also: plate plates slang The feet. The term comes from rhyming slang in which "plates" is short for "plates of meat," which rhymes with "feet." Primarily heard in UK. I've been on me plates all day—can we sit down for a while? See also: plate Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. plate verb See platter McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: plate plates one minute to midnight hang over hang over (someone or something) hung over brief brief (one) on (someone or something) pull (someone or something) out of the fire pull out of the fire
随便看	cooking with gas cook off cook (one's) goose cook on the front burner cook out cook somebody's goose cook someone's goose cook someone's goose, to cook (something) to perfection cook the accounts cook the books cook to perfection cook up cook with gas cooky cook your goose cool cool! cool as a cucumber cool bananas Cool bananas! cool beans Cool beans! cool, calm, and collected cool cat