Meaning of on the back burner | Babel Free
Definitions
Not immediate; inactive; receiving or requiring less than full or regular attention.
idiomatic
Equivalents
Español
en segundo plano
Suomi
hyllyllä
Italiano
in secondo piano
Nederlands
op een laag pitje
Português
em banho-maria
Svenska
på sparlåga
Examples
“That project is on the back burner until we deal with higher priorities.”
“After some years sweating on the back burner of show business, Ms. Brier, 28, has found instant success on the social media platform of the moment, TikTok.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.