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]
(..) How was your Spanish quiz? I was wondering if you could help me. I'm trying to figure out who the guys under the bridge were that night... ...but I can only remember part of a license plate. I can run facial recognition on the footage of that encounter. - Footage? - Everything? - All the time? (..)2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming
(..) So scary. Well, look, I think it's... ...a power source. Yeah, but it's connected to all these microprocessors. That's an inductive charging plate. That's what I use to charge my toothbrush. Whoever's making these weapons is combining alien tech with ours. That is literally the coolest sentence (..)2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming