What does on a silver platter mean?
Idiom Meaning:
given something without any effort
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Entourage “New York” (2004)
Time of Scene:
Eric: He doesn’t need me that much.
Ari Gold: Of course he doesn’t need you. You’re fucking worthless. I could get a million morons to come in here and do the job. That’s not the point.
Eric: Then what is the point, Ari?
Ari Gold: The point is that he is an insecure fuck, like all beautiful-but-handed-everything-on-a-silver-platter-people. He doesn’t trust anyone in this world but you. You’ve been born into royalty, baby. You know it. Now you just gotta be thankful and wear the crown.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Penetration” (2010)
Time of Scene:
FBI Agent Dana Lewis: The PAT’s plan was to spark a revolution by killing a cop. And you guys served up that state trooper on a silver platter. Then, after all of New York’s finest would attend the funeral, they would just blow everybody else up.
Detective Elliot Stabler: Hey, hey. I don’t have a good track record with you and explosives.
FBI Agent Dana Lewis: Oh relax Nancy. Pin’s in it.
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Time of Scene:
Polly Lobster: This is a lucky break, captain letting us go ashore. Us with the map and all. It’s like giving the treasure to us on a silver platter.
Long John Silver: Aye, that it is, Polly. Never trust a silver platter.
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