Definition of a lot on their 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':
slammed	Definitions include: to lower a car's springs.
(one's) dance card is full	Definitions include: statement used to suggest that the person has more important things to do and will be unable to accept an invitation.
tied up	Definitions include: busy.
biz	Definitions include: busy.
swamped	Definitions include: overloaded with work.
flat out like a lizard drinking	Definitions include: very busy.

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Other terms relating to 'a':
a	Definitions include: amphetamine.
A-1	Definitions include: the best.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
a bit much	Definitions include: excessive.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
a boat	Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat".
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a couple three	Definitions include: an unspecified small number.
act a fool	Definitions include: to play around.
a dime a dozen	Definitions include: very common.
*a dog with two dcks**	Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate.
a dollar three eighty	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
a dollar three eightyfive	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
adopt a tree	Definitions include: to collide with a tree.
a face that only a mother could love	Definitions include: an ugly face.
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Other terms relating to 'lot':
BFFWEOAGSA	Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot".
have a lot of moving parts	Definitions include: to be complex.
have a lot on (one's) plate	Definitions include: to have a lot on (one's) plate.
have a lot riding on	Definitions include: to have a great deal of personal interest in the outcome of a person or event.
lick a lot 'a Puss	Definitions include: A person who licks a lot of pussy.
lot	Definitions include: a group of people.
lot lizard	Definitions include: a prostitute who frequents truck-stop parking lots, looking for customers.
Lot lizzard	Definitions include: misspelling of "lot lizard".
LYL	Definitions include: acronym for "love you lots".
Other terms relating to 'on':
accidentally on purpose	Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive.
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
as much use as a handbrake on a canoe	Definitions include: useless.
as useless as tits on a boar hog	Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic.
back on (one's) feet	Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event.
back on pipe	Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction.
bag on	Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of".
bail on	Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon.
ball on	Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
bang on	Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
beast on	Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone.
be in on	Definitions include: to be involved with.
*be like flies on sht**	Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.
be on cloud nine	Definitions include: to be very happy.
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Other terms relating to 'plate':
China plate	Definitions include: "mate", i.e. friend.
clean (one's) plate	Definitions include: to eat all the food on one's plate.
drop plates	Definitions include: to put the smack down.
have a lot on (one's) plate	Definitions include: to have a lot on (one's) plate.
on (one's) plate	Definitions include: as one's current responsibility.
tin plate	Definitions include: rhyming slang for mate.

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