- hand something to someone on a silver platter
- {v. phr.} To give a person a reward that has not been earned. * /The lazy student expected his diploma to be handed to him on a silver platter./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
hand something to someone on a silver platter
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hand (something) to (someone) on a (silver) platter — give/hand (something) to (someone) on a (silver) platter to let someone get something very easily, without having to work for it. If you sell your share in the company now, you re handing the ownership to him on a silver platter … New idioms dictionary
hand something to someone on a silver platter — {v. phr.} To give a person a reward that has not been earned. * /The lazy student expected his diploma to be handed to him on a silver platter./ … Dictionary of American idioms
give (something) to (someone) on a (silver) platter — give/hand (something) to (someone) on a (silver) platter to let someone get something very easily, without having to work for it. If you sell your share in the company now, you re handing the ownership to him on a silver platter … New idioms dictionary
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