Meaning of ENOUGH ON MY PLATE - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So there's another saying with the word "plate"
in it.
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We did one a few months ago but this one is,
"..enough on my plate.."
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A plate, by the way, is something that you
eat off of.
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Here is the plate that I used for supper earlier.
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It's already clean.
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It went through the dishes.
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But, if you have enough on your plate it means
that in life you have just enough things to
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do to keep you busy, but usually not too many
that you're going crazy.
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So for myself, I have enough on my plate.
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I enjoy being a dad.
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I enjoy being a good husband and helping Jen
on the farm.
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I enjoy my job, and I enjoy Youtube videos.
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But between all of those things I have enough
on my plate and I really, really enjoy it.
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So, hopefully you have just enough on your
plate to have a really, really enjoyable life
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and hopefully every day is fun.
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So we have the phrase, "..enough on my plate..",
we also have, "..a lot on my plate..", and
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we did this phrase earlier, I think a couple
months ago.
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When you have a lot on your plate it usually
means you have a little bit too much on your
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plate.
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Maybe you're a little bit too busy and I should
tell you how to do this one in the past tense.
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You would say, "Yesterday I had enough on
my plate.
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Today I have enough on my plate.", and, "Tomorrow
I will have enough on my plate or I am going
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to have enough on my plate."
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Again, I hope your plate is just full enough
for you to have a nice life.
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Have a good day.
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Bob the Canadian here!
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