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]
(..) I mean, yes, yes! Of course, yes. I just have a lot going on right now. I just need to get some things off my plate before we start taking over the world, that's all. Excuse me? No, forget it. One hundred percent! I am in! (..)2013 Despicable Me 2