Meaning of A LOT ON MY PLATE - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

So in English when we say, "I have a lot on my plate.", it means that you're busy.

그래서 영어로 "I have a lot on my plate."는 당신이 바쁘다는 뜻입니다.

A plate is of course what you put your food on.

접시는 물론 음식을 담는 것입니다 .

When you eat and when you have a full plate you have a lot of food to eat, but in English

식사를 하고 접시가 가득 차면 먹을 음식이 많습니다. 하지만 영어로

when you say to someone, "I have a lot on my plate.", it can also mean that you're really

누군가에게 "I have a lot on my plate."라고 말하면 정말 바쁘다는 뜻이기도 합니다

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

당신이 일하고 있고 큰 프로젝트를 진행하고 있는데 당신의 상사가 와서

and wants you to do even more work.

당신에게 더 많은 일을 시키기를 원한다고 상상해 봅시다.

You could reply nicely to your boss and say, "Look I already have a lot on my plate with

당신은 당신의 상사에게 친절하게 대답할 수 있고 이렇게 말할 수 있습니다.

this current project, could someone else do this new job?"

So it would be a way of saying to your boss that you're pretty busy and you already have

그래서 상사에게 당신이 꽤 바쁘고 이미

a lot of things that you're doing.

하고 있는 일이 많다고 말하는 방법이 될 것입니다.

So when you say, "I have a lot on my plate.", it means you're busy.

따라서 "I have a lot on my plate."라고 말하면 바쁘다는 뜻입니다.