on ice

auf Eis, auf dem Eis

Auf gefrorenem Wasser liegend oder damit in Kontakt, manchmal um etwas kühl zu halten.

In einfachem Englisch: Touching or resting on frozen water, sometimes to keep something cold.

• Be careful walking on ice.
• The shop displayed fresh fish on ice.
• She slipped on ice outside the house.

Häufige Wendungen: skate on ice, slip on ice, fish on ice

auf Eis, zurückgestellt

Vorübergehend gestoppt oder auf einen späteren Zeitpunkt verschoben.

In einfachem Englisch: Temporarily stopped or delayed until a later time.

• Our travel plans are on ice.
• They put the merger on ice after the talks failed.
• How long will you keep the project on ice?

So benutzt man es: put/keep something on ice (We put the project on ice until funding arrives.)

Synonyme: on hold, suspended, postponed

Gegenteile: active

Häufige Wendungen: put something on ice, keep something on ice, plans on ice

auf dem Eis

Als Show aufgeführt, bei der die Darsteller auf Schlittschuhen laufen.

In einfachem Englisch: Performed as a show in which the actors skate.

• We saw a fairy tale on ice.
• The theatre company performed the musical on ice last winter.
• Have you seen their new ballet on ice?

Häufige Wendungen: ballet on ice, musical on ice, show on ice

sicher, in der Tasche

So gut wie gewonnen, sodass am Sieg kein Zweifel mehr besteht.

In einfachem Englisch: So certain to be won that the result is no longer in doubt.

• That goal put the game on ice.
• With a huge lead, they had the victory on ice.
• The captain put the match on ice with a final point.

So benutzt man es: put a game on ice (Their late goal put the game on ice.)

Synonyme: in the bag, secured

Häufige Wendungen: put something on ice, game on ice, victory on ice

tot, ermordet

Gestorben, meist weil jemand die Person getötet hat.

In einfachem Englisch: Dead, usually because someone has killed the person.

• The witness is on ice now.
• The crime boss wanted his rival on ice.
• In the film, the killer puts two gangsters on ice.

So benutzt man es: put someone on ice (The gangster ordered his men to put the witness on ice.)

Synonyme: dead

Gegenteile: alive

Häufige Wendungen: put someone on ice, someone on ice