If you want this promotion, you're going to have to 'step up to the plate'. [=you will have to improve your work performance to show that you deserve the promotion]
She has a lot 'on her plate' right now. [=she has a lot of things that she has to deal with right now]
He was handed the job 'on a plate'. [=he was given the job without having to do anything to earn it]
(..) I've been rolling around in my lingerie all over it waiting for you to come and collect it. Yeah, I... Just your, your Tupperware and your TV and your dinosaur plate. Oh... I got a new dinosaur plate erm yeah... thank you. But you can, you can keep those. Hey... (..)2016 TvShow: Fleabag Title: Episode #1.6 Season: 1 Episode 6