give someone something on a plate
1give (something) to (someone) on a plate — give/hand (something) to (someone) on a plate to let someone get something very easily, without having to work for it. You can t expect everything to be handed to you on a plate you ve got to make a bit of effort …
2give — givable, giveable, adj., n. givee, n. giver, n. /giv/, v., gave, given, giving, n. v.t. 1. to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone. 2. to hand to someone: Give me that plate, please …
3give — [[t]gɪv[/t]] v. gave, giv•en, giv•ing, n. 1) to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation: to give a birthday present to someone[/ex] 2) to hand to someone: Give me that plate, please[/ex] 3) to place in someone s care: I gave the… …
4plate — plate1 W2S2 [pleıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(food)¦ 2¦(sign)¦ 3 have a lot/enough on your plate 4¦(protective covering)¦ 5¦(earth s surface)¦ 6¦(gold/silver)¦ 7 hand/give/offer somebody something on a plate 8¦(pictures/photos)¦ 9¦(baseball)¦ …
5hand (something) to (someone) on a plate — give/hand (something) to (someone) on a plate to let someone get something very easily, without having to work for it. You can t expect everything to be handed to you on a plate you ve got to make a bit of effort …
6plate — 1 /pleIt/ noun 1 FOOD a) (C) a flat and usually round dish that you eat from or serve food from: The plates were piled high with rice. | a dinner plate | clear/empty your plate (=eat everything on your plate) b) also plateful (C) the amount of… …
7hand something to someone on a plate — informal phrase to make it easy for someone to have or achieve something that they would normally have to work hard to get The match was handed to them on a plate. Thesaurus: to give someone an unfair advantagesynonym Main entry: plate …
8clean — clean1 [ klin ] adjective *** ▸ 1 not dirty ▸ 2 not guilty/illegal/wrong ▸ 3 smooth/regular/neat ▸ 4 light and fresh ▸ 5 without writing/errors ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) not dirty: Go and put on a clean shirt. nice clean towels spotlessly clean:… …
9List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …
10List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …
