back burner

She put her singing career on the back burner to pursue her dream of being a movie star.为追求影星梦，她暂时把歌唱事业搁置一旁。

The President has put tax reduction on the back burner because he has more urgent problems to deal with.由于有更加紧迫的问题要处理，总统把减税之事暂时搁置了。