| 单词 | to hand to on a plate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hand (also give) (something) to (a person) on a plate b. colloquial to hand (also give) (something) to (a person) on a plate and variants: to give (something) to (a person) in such a way that little or no effort is required on their part; to present (something) without it having been asked or sought for; to present (something) in a complete or fully accomplished form. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > make (something) easy for a person to hand (also give) (something) to (a person) on a plate1908 1908 Times 28 Aug. 8/4 It would be really pleasant, for example, to tell a fielder who missed simple catches that ‘he could not hold the ball even if it was handed to him on a plate with watercress around it.’ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vii. [Aeolus] 132 Gave it to them on a hot plate, Myles Crawford said, the whole bloody history. 1946 R. G. Collingwood Idea of Hist. 256 If anyone else..hands him on a plate a ready-made answer to his question, all he can do is to reject it. 1957 Listener 11 July 72 It is not often that radio is presented on a plate with such a fine natural script as these extracts made. 1973 ‘P. Malloch’ Kickback xii. 78 You make that kind of mistake you're handing it on a plate to the cops. 2004 Mirror (Nexis) 23 Sept. 21 He didn't respect women because they gave him sex on a plate. < as lemmas |
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