on the shelf

rafa kaldırılmış

Bir işle ilgilenmeyi bir süreliğine bırakıp onu sonraya ertelemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: If something is set aside, people stop dealing with it for a while.

• The plan is on the shelf for now.
• We left the proposal on the shelf until funding improved.
• Will this idea stay on the shelf forever?

Eş anlamlılar: on hold, set aside

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: on the shelf, stay on the shelf, put on the shelf

kullanılmayan, terk edilmiş

Artık kullanılmayan veya üzerinde çalışılmayıp kendi haline bırakılmış olan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: If something is unused or abandoned, nobody uses it or works on it anymore.

• His skills are on the shelf now.
• Their old software has been on the shelf for years.
• The invention stayed on the shelf because nobody wanted it.

Eş anlamlılar: unused, abandoned

Zıt anlamlılar: in use

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: on the shelf, left on the shelf

sakatlığı nedeniyle oynayamayan

Sakatlığı yüzünden oynayamayan veya çalışamayan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Unable to play or work because of an injury.

• Our goalkeeper is on the shelf with a broken wrist.
• A knee injury kept her on the shelf for months.
• He is back on the shelf after hurting his ankle.

Eş anlamlılar: sidelined, out injured

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: on the shelf, back on the shelf

evde kalmış

Kimsenin evlenmek istemediği düşünülen bekâr birini küçümseyerek anlatan eski bir ifade.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Used unkindly about someone who remains unmarried because nobody seems to want to marry them.

• Her aunt called her on the shelf.
• Women once feared being left on the shelf.
• He cruelly described his unmarried sister as on the shelf.

Eş anlamlılar: unmarried

Zıt anlamlılar: married

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: on the shelf, still on the shelf