English Dictionary

on a plate

前置詞句

口語

(colloquial) Within easy reach; easily achieved.

日本語の意味

容易に手に入る、または簡単に達成できる状況を表す表現 / 何かが手の届くところにあり、わざとらしく努力しなくても簡単に得られることを意味する

After years of hard work, the promotion was practically on a plate for her.

長年の努力の末、その昇進は彼女にとってほとんど手の届くところにあった。

意味（1）

(colloquial) Within easy reach; easily achieved.

The row started over who will run for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize.