English Dictionary

on a silver platter

前置詞句

(being given something) too easily, more than one deserves

日本語の意味

努力や苦労をかけずに、あまりにも簡単に与えられる / 本来受けるべき以上の好条件で提供される / 必要以上に容易に手に入る優れたものが与えられる

He expected success to be handed to him on a silver platter, so he never learned to work hard.

彼は成功がまるでお膳立てされるかのように簡単に手に入ると思っていたので、努力することを学ばなかった。

意味（1）

(being given something) too easily, more than one deserves

The plainest and simplest is that it is up to the automobile workers themselves. Quite obviously, nothing is going to be handed to them on a silver platter! Their intelligence, courage and solidarity must answer the question which modern industry puts to them.