on the back burner

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

on the back burner

1. (idiomatic) Not immediate; inactive; receiving less than full or regular attention.

   That project is on the back burner until we deal with higher priorities.

Translations

not immediate

• Finnish: hautumassa, hyllyllä
• Italian: in secondo piano
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: em banho-maria