drop the plate:

Or: drop-one's-beads / drop-one's-cookies / drop one's load , in gay parlance, to be startled, stunned or surprised.
See Also: backs against the wall!, backs to the wall chaps!, drop anchor down the booby hutch, drop anchor in the bubby hutch, drop beads, drop one's beads, drop one's cookies, drop ones load, drop the plate, home base, home plate, home run, jilt, lemon, morning dew drop, morning drip, pearl drop, shell-like, slate bowl

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