Meaning of too hard basket | Babel Free

Definitions

A category of items that should be done but which are avoided because they are difficult.

Examples

“I have always had the ability to put difficult issues in the 'too hard basket' to avoid thinking about them and therefore to avoid having to deal with them.”

“They didn't learn much about the Cereus flower and related species and couldn't work out what the name meant or if it meant anything at all. Either way, they decided to put it in their too hard baskets for now.”

“It is a problem that many philosophers are perhaps inclined to put in the “too hard basket”.”

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