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]
(..) Get your asses going! Get moving! Goddamn it, what the fuck are you doing sitting in my chair? Get the hell out of here! Scrape your plates! Get the hell out of here! Get your ass up! Get your ass up! Get it up, boy! Get the hell out of here! Scrape the plates (..)1997 G.I. Jane