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]
(..) Say this. - Is it another movie proof? - Maybe. - I do not want to say it. - Say what? You cannot say it, because this movie is PG-. Admit it. Slater. The guy with the missing eye, I saw his licence plate. Good for you. - You mean the guy with the glass eye? - No, when he ran it was missing. No! (..)1993 Last Action Hero