cold storage

English

Noun

cold storage (uncountable)

  1. Refrigerated storage.
  2. (figuratively) A state of postponement; the back burner.
    • 1947, Hamilton Maurice Howgrave-Graham, Light and Shade at Scotland Yard (page 68)
      All we could do would be to make a few preliminary inquiries as to the possibilities of financial assistance from Government funds and then put the idea into cold storage for the time being.
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