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كيف تنطق "on the back burner"

expression

ON thuh BAK BUR-ner
ON thuh BAK BUR-nuh

التعريف

If something is 'on the back burner', it is not a priority right now and will be dealt with later. It means you have delayed or paused working on it because something else is more important at the moment.

نسخ IPA

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbæk/ /ˈbɝnɝ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

ˈɒn/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈæk/ /bˈɜːnɐ

نطق مبسط

أمريكي

ON thuh BAK BUR-ner

بريطاني

ON thuh BAK BUR-nuh

استمع في السياق

I'm putting my travel plans on the back burner for now.

The project was left on the back burner while we finished urgent work.

She decided to keep her idea on the back burner until next year.

Sometimes dreams have to stay on the back burner when life gets busy.