in cold storage

in cold storage

In a hiatus or state of delayed or procrastinated action. Unified action to deal with climate change has been in cold storage since the summit. They put our project in 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.

in cold storage

dead; in a state of death. (Alludes to the actual storage of certain things, such as fur coats, in cold storerooms.) Tom gets paid for putting his subjects in cold storage. Poor old Jed is in cold storage.
See also: cold, storage
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

in cold storage

In a state of abeyance or postponement. For example, We can't consider these design changes now; let's put them in cold storage for a year or so . This expression alludes to the literal storage of food, furs, or other objects in a refrigerated place. [Colloquial; late 1800s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

in cold storage

mod. dead; in a state of death. Rocko gets paid for putting his subjects in cold storage.
See also: cold, storage
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • storage
  • into cold storage
  • while you are at it
  • take action
  • 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
  • action stations
  • an act of war
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The JV firm's initial mission is a 67% purchase in cold storage company based in Jakarta, with additional cold storages in other cities to follow.
We have a strong base in Thailand and we have made investments in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Indonesia, but this deal with Samudera marks a major milestone in the campaign to grow our presence in Indonesia, initially investing in cold storage businesses, given the currently high demand for cold storage space.
Data regarding sex ratio shows that in all stage storage sex ratio was female biased with the increase in cold storage time duration.
(2006b) who reported that in cold storage treatment of H.
But standard models have an Achilles heel; they perform differently and degrade quicker in cold storage environments.
Business in cold storage service offering place to keep goods fresh serves to support a number of business in other sectors such as food processing industry, fishery industry, retail chains, restaurant chains and importers of meat, etc.
The most common doors found in cold storage facilities are hardcore doors.
This directory is aimed at assisting companies to locate contractors and suppliers to construct plants, warehouses and other facilities where expertise in cold storage design and construction is needed.
Refrigerator temperature readings that were too cold (1[degrees] C or lower) were documented in 15% of the offices, and the presence of expired vaccines in cold storage was documented in 9%.
He suspects that, in cold storage, the starch also helps to flush out the organ better by keeping the vascular areas dilated.
Local chicken in cold storages reached 16,834.73 MT.
We are already executing orders accumulating 1.5MWp in cold storages and expecting to close another 1.5MWp by April 2018.
Data from the attached agency of the Department of Agriculture also showed the volume of frozen pork in cold storages as of January 1 expanded 10.73 percent to 24,443.76 MT, from 22,074.043 recorded in the same period last year.
"The life of solar plant in cold storages is more than 25 years.