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to be left on the shelf

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  • Left on the shelf — unattached or unmarried, and without prospects of marriage …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • left on the shelf — Australian Slang unattached or unmarried, and without prospects of marriage …   English dialects glossary

  • on the shelf — British & Australian, old fashioned if someone, especially a woman, is on the shelf, they are not married and people now believe they are too old to get married. I was afraid my daughter would never find a husband, that she d be left on the shelf …   New idioms dictionary

  • shelf — W3S3 [ʃelf] n plural shelves [ʃelvz] [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Low German; Origin: schelf] 1.) a long flat narrow board attached to a wall or in a frame or cupboard, used for putting things on top/bottom/next etc shelf ▪ Put it back on the top… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • on the shelf — {adv.} or {adj. phr.}, {informal} Laid aside; not useful anymore. * /When a girl grows up, she puts childish habits on the shelf./ * /Mr. Myron s company put him on the shelf when he reached the age of 65./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • on the shelf — {adv.} or {adj. phr.}, {informal} Laid aside; not useful anymore. * /When a girl grows up, she puts childish habits on the shelf./ * /Mr. Myron s company put him on the shelf when he reached the age of 65./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • on the shelf — 1. mod. not active socially; left to oneself in social matters. □ I’ve been on the shelf long enough. I’m going to make some friends. □ She likes being on the shelf. 2. mod. postponed. (See also on the back burner.) □ We’ll have to put this… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • put someone on the shelf — put (someone) on the shelf to cause someone not to be available. A sore left knee put him on the shelf for two weeks, and he has missed six games …   New idioms dictionary

  • put on the shelf — put (someone) on the shelf to cause someone not to be available. A sore left knee put him on the shelf for two weeks, and he has missed six games …   New idioms dictionary

  • shelf — /Self/ noun plural shelves /Selvz/ 1 (C) a long flat narrow board fixed onto a wall or in a frame or cupboard, used for putting things on or storing things on: Put it back on the top shelf. | shelves of books | supermarket shelves 2 (C) a narrow… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • shelf — [[t]ʃe̱lf[/t]] shelves 1) N COUNT A shelf is a flat piece of wood, metal, or glass which is attached to a wall or to the sides of a cupboard. Shelves are used for keeping things on. He took a book from the shelf. ...the middle shelf of the oven.… …   English dictionary

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