Definition of on the bottom burner

on the bottom burner

adjective

• of low priority. This is an (incorrect) variant of on the back burner.

  Since we've found out the auditors are coming, the invoices are on the bottom burner.

  • See more words with the same meaning: low priority.

  Last edited on Dec 20 2011. Submitted by David Monk from St Paul, MN, USA on Nov 29 1997.

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Other terms relating to 'low priority':
on the back burner	Definitions include: of low priority.

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Other terms relating to 'bottom':
apple bottom	Definitions include: a girl with a thick ass
bottom	Definitions include: homosexual male who prefers being sodomized rather than sodomizing during sex.
bottom burp	Definitions include: a fart
bottom feeder	Definitions include: a useless or low-class person.
bottomless	Definitions include: free refills.
bottomless pit	Definitions include: a person with an insatiable appetite.
from the bottom of (one's) heart	Definitions include: with sincere emotion.
front bottom	Definitions include: childish name for the female genitalia.
get to the bottom of	Definitions include: to figure out something unknown.
glass bottom boat	Definitions include: a made up sexual maneuver in which a person places saran wrap on their face, and another person defecates on the saran wrap.
hit bottom	Definitions include: to be at one's lowest point in life.
hit rock bottom	Definitions include: to be at one's lowest point in life.
lady's front bottom	Definitions include: A lady's private parts.
twinkie,wally,gumby,m and m ,top,bottom,vanilla	Definitions include: twinkie is a 2b robbed by flashing an extremely sexually deprived mark and getting all you can take.
Other terms relating to 'burner':
burner	Definitions include: a handgun.
cook on all four burners	Definitions include: to be proceeding well or rapidly.
on the back burner	Definitions include: of low priority.
on the front burner	Definitions include: a priority.
rice burner	Definitions include: A sport motorcycle from Japan.
Other terms relating to 'on':
accidentally on purpose	Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive.
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
a lot on (one's) plate	Definitions include: See on (one's) plate.
as much use as a handbrake on a canoe	Definitions include: useless.
as useless as tits on a boar hog	Definitions include: absolutely futile; pointless, worthless, inept or absurd; good-for-nothing or idiotic.
back on (one's) feet	Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event.
back on pipe	Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction.
bag on	Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of".
bail on	Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon.
ball on	Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
bang on	Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
beast on	Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone.
be in on	Definitions include: to be involved with.
be like flies on sh*t	Definitions include: to be present in large numbers.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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