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Meaning of A LOT ON MY PLATE - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles
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So in English when we say, "I have a lot on
my plate.", it means that you're busy.
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A plate is of course what you put your food
on.
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When you eat and when you have a full plate
you have a lot of food to eat, but in English
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when you say to someone, "I have a lot on
my plate.", it can also mean that you're really
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busy.
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So let's imagine you're at work and you're
working on a big project and your boss comes
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and wants you to do even more work.
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You could reply nicely to your boss and say,
"Look I already have a lot on my plate with
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this current project, could someone else do
this new job?"
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So it would be a way of saying to your boss
that you're pretty busy and you already have
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a lot of things that you're doing.
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So when you say, "I have a lot on my plate.",
it means you're busy.
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