on a silver platter
Meaning
on a silver platter
(being given something) too easily, more than one deserves
Examples
Never in the history of the world has an alien ruler granted self-rule to a people on a silver platter.
Almost nothing is presented to you on a silver platter. You have to really work for it.
... a full moon shimmered over central Louisiana. This was no rinky-dink moon. This was a moon you had to curtsy to. A big, heavy, mysterious, beautiful, bossy moon. The kind you want to serve things to on a silver platter.
The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing up, her and my grandmother would take me to ballets, classical concerts, even smoky jazz clubs I wasn't supposed to be in!