put something on the back burner

(verb) to postpone something for another time

Example Sentence:

I have to get a job right after I finish University. I think I will have to put my plans to travel to Europe on the back burner.
Jenkins! Put your project on the back burner, we have more important things to do right now!

If you keep putting things on the back burner, you’ll never get anything done!

Similar idioms:

1. put off
2. start the ball rolling
3. have a lot on one’s plate
4. fall through
5. make ends meet