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]
(..) your time with sheldon." Sounds like a wise man. Oh,not so wise. He once tried to fight a bobcat for some licorice. So,everybody grab a plate and a pretty place mat that shelly wove. Has shelly ever freaked out like this before? Oh,all the time. I remember one summer when he was , (..)2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Luminous Fish Effect Season: 1 Episode 4