"on one's plate" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the metaphor of an amount of food ready to be eaten.",
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      "expansion": "on one's plate",
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "on one's plate",
      "name": "en-PP"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, plate."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "plate",
          "plate#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "too many balls in the air"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "on a plate"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can't take on any more work. I already have enough on my plate.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, James Hawkins, Deadly Sin, page 176",
          "text": "\"Sorry, Dave,\" says Bryan, tossing his notes onto Bliss's desk. \"But this one's down to you. I've already got half a dozen blaggings on my plate thanks to our Muslim mates.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Joseph J. Luciani, Reconnecting: A Self-Coaching Solution to Revive Your Love Life, page 126",
          "text": "The Concern Channel will tell you about learning to deal only with the significant, legitimate problems that are on your plate today — not what may be on your plate tomorrow.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Robert Van Voren, On Dissidents and Madness, page 239",
          "text": "The only major case we had on our plate was in The Netherlands, of all places.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be dealt with or handled."
      ],
      "id": "en-on_one's_plate-en-prep_phrase-IvFEu6FB",
      "links": [
        [
          "dealt with",
          "deal with"
        ],
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of one or more matters of concern) To be dealt with or handled."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of one or more matters of concern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on one's plate"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English prepositional phrases"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the metaphor of an amount of food ready to be eaten.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "prepositional phrase",
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      },
      "expansion": "on one's plate",
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "on one's plate",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "too many balls in the air"
    },
    {
      "word": "on a plate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, plate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "plate",
          "plate#English"
        ]
      ]
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I can't take on any more work. I already have enough on my plate.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, James Hawkins, Deadly Sin, page 176",
          "text": "\"Sorry, Dave,\" says Bryan, tossing his notes onto Bliss's desk. \"But this one's down to you. I've already got half a dozen blaggings on my plate thanks to our Muslim mates.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Joseph J. Luciani, Reconnecting: A Self-Coaching Solution to Revive Your Love Life, page 126",
          "text": "The Concern Channel will tell you about learning to deal only with the significant, legitimate problems that are on your plate today — not what may be on your plate tomorrow.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Robert Van Voren, On Dissidents and Madness, page 239",
          "text": "The only major case we had on our plate was in The Netherlands, of all places.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be dealt with or handled."
      ],
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        [
          "dealt with",
          "deal with"
        ],
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of one or more matters of concern) To be dealt with or handled."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of one or more matters of concern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "on one's plate"
}