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to be put on the shelf

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  • put on the shelf — put (something) on the shelf to delay something. The library s plan to show three films next week has been put on the shelf …   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

  • put something on the shelf — put (something) on the shelf to delay something. The library s plan to show three films next week has been put on the shelf …   New idioms dictionary

  • 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

  • Shelf (computing) — The Shelf is an interface feature in NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP, and is used as a repository to store links to commonly used files, directories and programs, and as a temporary holding place to move/copy files and directories around in the file system …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • 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 …   Словарь американских идиом

  • on the shelf — 1) unlikely to find a partner or get married, usually because of being too old In those days, women were considered to be on the shelf at 25. 2) not being used or discussed at the present time Can we put that suggestion on the shelf for now? …   English dictionary

  • shelf — n 1. bracket, hob; mantel, mantelpiece; platform, bench, banquette; ledge, protrusion, projection, overhang. 2. sandbank, sand bar, bank, bar, shoal, ridge, reef. 3. put on the shelf Slang. postpone, defer, prorogue, delay, suspend, hang up,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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