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]
(..) It's coronation day! It's coronation day! The window is open! So's that door! I didn't know they did that anymore. Who knew we owned salad plates...? For years I have roamed these empty halls. Why have a ballroom with no balls? Finally, they're opening up the gates! There'll be real, actual people (..)2013 Frozen