What does the idiom in this text suggest?
Reba has a lot on her plate: she is attending college, has a full-time job as a waitress, and volunteers at the animal shelter.
Reba has worked up an appetite. Reba has many responsibilities.
Figures of speech are words or phrases that use language in a nonliteral or unusual way. They can make writing more expressive.
An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood literally. Its meaning must be learned.
The assignment was a piece of cake.
The text uses an idiom, an expression that cannot be understood literally.
The idiom a lot on her plate suggests that Reba has many responsibilities. If you have a lot on your plate, you are busy with many different obligations.