not getting or needing immediate attention.

After months on the back burner, the debate about e-mail privacy is about to be renewed.

Usage notes: often used with put:

She decided to attend Harvard, where she would study political theory and put her acting career on the back burner.

• have your back against the wall
• have your back to the wall
• have your beady eye on
• have your beady eye on someone
• have your beady eye on something
• have your cake and eat it
• have your cake and eat it too
• have your day in court
• have your ducks in a row
• have your ear to the ground
• have your end away
• have your eye on
• have your eye on someone
• have your eye on something
• have your feet on the ground
• have your finger on the button
• have your finger on the pulse
• have your fingers in the till
• have your guts for garters
• have your hand in the till
• have your hands full
• have your head in the clouds
• have your head screwed on
• have your head screwed on right
• have your head screwed on the right way