nose burner Идиома

a barnburner

an exciting game, a cliff-hanger When the Flames play the Oilers it's a barnburner - a great game.

barnburner

(See a barnburner)

on the back burner

to be done later, not as important The playground project is on the back burner until next spring.

burner

1. a large piece of graffiti involving many colors, making it bright and colorful; it usually refers to whole-car productions on subways
2. a gun

put sth on the back burner

Idiom(s): put something on ice AND put something on the back burner

Theme: DELAY

to delay or postpone something; to put something on hold. (Informal.)
• I'm afraid that we'll have to put your project on ice for a while.
• Just put your idea on ice and keep it there till we get some money.

Back burner

If an issue is on the back burner, it is being given low priority.

back burner, on a

back burner, on a
In a position of low priority. For example, I haven't forgotten his letter; I've just put it on a back burner for now. This term alludes to a cook's putting items requiring less attention at the back of the stove. [Colloquial; mid-1900s] Also see front burner, on a.

front burner, on a

front burner, on a
Also, on the front burner. A position of relatively great importance or high priority. For example, The boss said this project is now on a front burner. This expression alludes to a cook's putting the items requiring the most attention at the front of the stove. [1960s] Also see back burner, on a.

nose-burner

1. slang A actual abbreviate aqueduct acclimated for smoker tobacco or marijuana. I accept a little nose-burner that I accumulate in my aback backpack so I can toke up throughout the day. My grandfathering acclimated to smoke this acid tobacco out of a baby nose-burner afterwards every meal—even breakfast!2. slang The charcoal of the unburned end (the butt) of a marijuana cigarette. He kept aggravating to ablaze the nose-burner in his fingertips and about set his beard on fire! We calm all the nose-burners in the ash tray and abounding a basin with what we managed to scrape out of them.

nose-burner

and nose-warmer n. a marijuana cigarette stub; a roach. (Drugs.) Hey, man! Can I accept a hit of that little nose-burner? He bound barbate out a little nose-burner back he heard the barn aperture open.

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nose burner Идиома

a barnburner

barnburner

on the back burner

burner

put sth on the back burner

Back burner

back burner, on a

front burner, on a

nose-burner

nose-burner

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