On the back burner
adverb phrase
Not being actively considered; in reserve; on hold: I have some good projects on the back burner right now (1960+)
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- On the block
1. put or go on the block. Offer for sale, as in These paintings will all be put on the block. This usage alludes to the auction block, the platform from which the auctioneer sells, so called since the mid-1800s. 2. put one’s head on the block. Take a great risk, make oneself vulnerable, as […]