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Definition of a lot on someone's plate
a lot on (one's) plate
noun - uncountable
- See on (one's) plate.
Citation from "The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair", Family Guy (TV), Season 9 Episode 12 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Mr. Bob's Toddler Kaleidoscope", Up All Night (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Sorry, pal. I can't take any more projects. I have already got a lot on my plate.
- See more words with the same meaning: busy.
Last edited on Jan 03 2014. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 09 2011.
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Other terms relating to 'busy': | |
| Definitions include: to lower a car's springs. | |
| Definitions include: statement used to suggest that the person has more important things to do and will be unable to accept an invitation. | |
| Definitions include: busy. | |
| Definitions include: busy. | |
| Definitions include: overloaded with work. | |
| Definitions include: very busy. | |
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Other terms relating to 'a': | |
| Definitions include: amphetamine. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: excessive. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat". | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: an unspecified small number. | |
| Definitions include: to play around. | |
| Definitions include: very common. | |
| Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: to collide with a tree. | |
| Definitions include: an ugly face. | |
Other terms relating to 'lot': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot". | |
| Definitions include: to be complex. | |
| Definitions include: to have a lot on (one's) plate. | |
| Definitions include: to have a great deal of personal interest in the outcome of a person or event. | |
| Definitions include: A person who licks a lot of pussy. | |
| Definitions include: a group of people. | |
| Definitions include: a prostitute who frequents truck-stop parking lots, looking for customers. | |
| Definitions include: misspelling of "lot lizard". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "love you lots". | |
Other terms relating to 'on': | |
| Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: useless. | |
| Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic. | |
| Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event. | |
| Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction. | |
| Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of". | |
| Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on". | |
| Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone. | |
| Definitions include: to be involved with. | |
| Definitions include: to be present in large numbers. | |
| Definitions include: to be very happy. | |
Other terms relating to 'plate': | |
| Definitions include: "mate", i.e. friend. | |
| Definitions include: to eat all the food on one's plate. | |
| Definitions include: to put the smack down. | |
| Definitions include: to have a lot on (one's) plate. | |
| Definitions include: as one's current responsibility. | |
| Definitions include: rhyming slang for mate. | |
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