Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase.

With the arrival of a new minister, the issue of transfers was put on ____________. It will take time for the new transfers to get his approval.

  1. back to back

  2. back burner

  3. back to square one

  4. back to the walls

  5. back to the salt mines
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. To be put on back burner means to be put aside for the time being. With the arrival of a new minister, the issue of transfers was put on back burner. It will take time for the new transfers to get his approval.

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