op zijn bord krijgen

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “to get [something] on his plate”.

Verb

op zijn bord krijgen

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to be given a task, especially a burdensome one
    Het andere team kreeg veel meer werk op zijn bord dan wij. ― The other team was burdened with far more work than us.

Usage notes

  • The possessive pronoun varies by person, gender and number; thus the second-person plural would be op jullie bord krijgen, and the third-person singular feminine would be op haar bord krijgen.
  • Also op zijn bord hebben when referring to the state of having one or more tasks to do.

Conjugation

Conjugation of op zijn bord krijgen: see krijgen.
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