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]
(..) of you any more. ( roars angrily ) Looks like you're out of a job. ( gulps ) All right, come on, over the plate. Let's see the ol' stuff here, pal. Come on, now, chuck him, chuck him, baby. Hum, baby. Hum, baby, (..)2001 Monsters, Inc.