hand (one) (something) on a silver platter

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hand (one) (something) on a silver platter

To give or provide something to one without any effort on one's part. His mother is the CEO of one of the biggest corporations on the planet. She handed him his entire career on a silver platter. No one is going to hand us the state championship on a silver platter, so we're going to work every day until we're better than any other team out there! A: "Why did you drop out? You just handed Kelly the internship on a silver platter." B: "Yeah, because she wanted it way more than I did."
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