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. look back on
2. start the ball rolling
3. put on airs
4. give oneself a pat on the back
5. don’t put all your eggs in one basket
6. turn one’s back on
7. back off
8. goings on