cold storage
English
Noun
cold storage (uncountable)
- Refrigerated storage.
- (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.
- 1947, Hamilton Maurice Howgrave-Graham, Light and Shade at Scotland Yard (page 68)