put on the back burner
缓议,不急
从前烧柴生火的时代,炉子前面两个炉□火比较旺,后 面两个炉□离火较远,温度较低。所以,把锅子放到后面的 炉口,引申的意思就是「优先级往后挪」。反之,如果是紧 急的或引人瞩目的事件,也可以说是on the front burner。
Police complain that they have so many killings to investigate that they must concentrate on the simplest cases and put more complex slayings on the back burner.(出自:TIME, Jan. 13,1992,p. 18 )
警方抱怨,因为调查的凶杀案太多,不得不先处理比较简单的案 子,比较复杂的凶杀案只好慢慢来。