into cold storage
into cold storage
Into a hiatus or state of delayed or procrastinated action. Unified action to deal with climate change went into cold storage after the summit. They put our project into cold storage for the time being, citing budgetary concerns and a lack of faith in its sales.
See also: cold, storage
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
into cold storage
If you put something into cold storage, you delay doing it or dealing with it. He made it clear that the peace process would have to be put into cold storage until both sides had shown that they were committed to democracy. Note: You can also say that something is in cold storage. A few years ago a publisher asked me to consider writing a novel on the subject, and the idea has been in cold storage ever since.
See also: cold, storage
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- in cold storage
- storage
- while you are at it
- take action
- action stations
- damned if I do, damned if I don't
- damned if you do, damned if you don't
- I'm damned if I do and damned if I don't
- when in doubt, do nothing
- an act of war