“Have a lot on one's plate”in other languages
Have many tasks or problems to deal with.
English
Dutch
French
EnglishDutchFrenchSame idea, different pictures
English and Dutch serve the work on a plate, op zijn bord krijgen, more than anyone could finish. French carries it in its arms, avoir sur les bras, like a heavy load you can't put down.
More sayings in other languages
- Have a nerve
- Have had it up to here
- Have one's back to the wall
- Have one's head in the clouds
- Hit the nail on the head
- Hold one's tongue
- Holy cow!
- The morning after the night before
- I could eat a horse