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on the shelf
idiom
not noticed or not used: 被忽视的；被搁置的；废弃的
leave something on the shelfIt's important to apply research in a practical way and not leave it on the shelf.重要的是，要把研究运用于实际当中，而不是束之高阁。
mainly UKinformal
If someone, usually a woman, is on the shelf, she is not married and is considered too old for anyone to want to marry her: （通常指女子）年龄太大而找不到对象的
In those days, if you hadn't married by the time you were 30, you were definitely on the shelf.在那个时代，如果你到30岁还未结婚，那就肯定嫁不出去了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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aside
beneath the/someone's radaridiom
block something out
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bury/have your head in the sandidiom
ear
lay
let sleeping dogs lieidiom
let something rideidiom
look straight/right through someoneidiom
lose the dressing roomidiom
lost
nose
slightingly
snub
someone's back is turnedidiom
step
step on someone
stiff-arm
wink
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on the shelf | American Dictionary
on the shelf
idiom
delayed:
Plans to start a free film series have been put on the shelf.
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