The phrase "a saucer for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a small dish designed to hold a cup, typically for serving beverages like tea or coffee.
Example: "She placed the delicate china cup on a saucer for added elegance at the tea party."
Alternatives: "a dish for" or "a plate for".
The Triple Crown is but a saucer for the grand slam cup.
A silky, fragrant olive oil from Melipilla, Chile, was poured into a saucer for dipping hunks of bread.
The school cafeteria provided us with hot tea, but the parents were required to bring pastries and cakes, and also a cup and a saucer for their child and themselves.
It is hard to imagine paying $7 for what in the initial stages of preparation looks like a saucer of milk for your cat.
I put out a saucer of milk for it every night".
With his palm and fingers, he quickly shaped a perfect dumpling, which was served with freshly grated wasabi root and a saucer of soy for dipping — warm, chewy, transcendently satisfying despite (or because of) its simplicity.
Alongside piles of body armor sits a saucer of milk for Shlyoma, the resident ginger tom-cat.
Other supplies you will need include: Cotton thread for harboring the ink, a cup of water (or in this case a teacup, which I couple with a matching saucer for an extra touch of class), a nonpermanent pen for drawing and redrawing the image or script, Q-tips or a rag, and a quality ink.
And the food, prepared by Didier Clement, the chef, is exquisite, starting with a profusion of amuse-bouches: a slice of excellent hare terrine, for example, a saucer of fricasseed girolles and a tray of canapes.
Fresh focaccia and a saucer of herbed olive oil for dipping took the edge off keen appetites on one crowded evening, when kitchen and service couldn't keep up with demand.
Against this the internalist can again challenge intuitions and defend the consistency of the connection, by insisting (e.g). that a desire to drink a saucer of mud is sufficient for having a reason to do so.
