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НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ С ГОЛУБОЙ КАЁМОЧКОЙ преподносить, подавать что и т. п.НА БЛЮДЕЧКЕ (С ЗОЛОТОЙ КАЁМОЧКОЙ)НА БЛЮДЕ all
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advfixed WO (to give sth. to s.o. , let s.o. have sth. etc) without the recipient's having to work hard to obtain it: (hand s.o. sth. (have sth. handed to one etc)) on a silver platter.
The source of the first variant is The Golden Calf («Золотой телёнок») by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, 1931, ch.
2. The original source of the last variant is possibly the Russian translation of the Bible. Cf. Matt. 14:8, Mark 6:25, in reference to Salome's demand that John the Baptist's head be given to her "in a charger."