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have a lot on plate

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have a lot/enough on your plate

  also have your plate full

to have a lot of work to do or a lot of problems to deal with I don't want to burden my daughter with my problems; she's got enough on her plate with her husband in prison. Simon can't take on any more work. He's got his plate full as it is.

See also: have, lot, on, plate