HBA Idioma

highball it

drive fast, boot it The big truck was highballin' it, speeding down the freeway.

mothball

put away, put on a shelf The boss mothballed the report. The owners never saw it.

splashback

reaction from the public, fall-out, feedback """Is there any splashback on the new income tax policy?"" ""Yes. It's all positive."""

put sth in mothballs

Idiom(s): put sth in mothballs

Theme: SAVING

to put something in storage. (Often said of battleships.)
• The navy put the old cruiser in mothballs and no one ever expected to see it again.
• Let's just put this small bicycle in mothballs until we hear of a child who can use it.

mothballs

mothballs
see put in mothballs.

put in mothballs

put in mothballs
Defer indefinitely or for a very long time, as in We've put the plans for a new library in mothballs. This expression alludes to storing woolen clothing or other items with marble-size balls of naphthalene or camphor to prevent them from being damaged by moths. [1940s]