on the back burner

English

Prepositional phrase

on the back burner

(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

Portuguese: em banho-maria

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