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have a lot on one’s plate

Idiom Food

Meaning

to have many responsibilities or tasks

Example Sentences

"She can’t join us tonight; she has a lot on her plate."

Related Expressions

put on your thinking cap

to start thinking seriously about solving a problem

out of shape

to be unfit or unhealthy due to lack of exercise

have a chip on your shoulder

to be angry or resentful about something from the past

fall flat on your face

to fail completely in an embarrassing way

masterpiece in the making

something developing into something great

a bumper crop

an unusually large harvest