keep (someone) on ice

1. To postpone or delay acting on or interacting with a person. I know that journalist has been persistent in getting a comment from us for his story, but we'll just have to keep him on ice until the trial is over.

2. To detain or confine a person in isolation, especially before or during the course of interrogation or torture. The group kept their prisoner on ice for nearly a week before beginning their interrogation. We're keeping the snitch on ice until the boss decides what to do with him.

词组	keep (someone) on ice
释义	keep (someone) on ice keep (someone) on ice 1. To postpone or delay acting on or interacting with a person. I know that journalist has been persistent in getting a comment from us for his story, but we'll just have to keep him on ice until the trial is over. 2. To detain or confine a person in isolation, especially before or during the course of interrogation or torture. The group kept their prisoner on ice for nearly a week before beginning their interrogation. We're keeping the snitch on ice until the boss decides what to do with him. See also: ice, keep, on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: put (something) on ice play a waiting game play the waiting game table (something) table a motion put a hold on put a hold on (something) put something on the long finger put (something) on the long finger sleep on (something)
随便看	jump for (something) jump from (something) jump from (something) to (something) jump from to jump in jump in (at) the deep end jump in at the deep end jump in/be thrown in at the deep end jump in feet first jumping Jesus on a pogo stick jumping-off place jumping-off point jump in (one's) skin jump into the fray jump in with both feet jump in with both feet, to jump/leap to conclusions jump off jump off the deep end jump on jump (one's) bones jump on (someone or something) jump on the bandwagon jump out jump out at (one)