on ice
Chilling in reserve
On ice means postponed or set aside for later consideration: The project is on ice until we secure funding.
The image is of something preserved in cold storage, kept fresh but inactive.
Literally, on ice describes performances or events taking place on an ice rink: Disney on Ice, hockey on ice.
A drink served on ice contains ice cubes.
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- cold storageRefrigerated preservation space
- curlingForming curved shapes
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
- figure skatingChoreographed athletic ice performance
triple axel · skating rink · tabled · delay · hockey · abeyance · freezing · hiatus · cocktail · refrigeration · waiting game · stasis · standby · limbo · dormancy · deferment · shelving · holding pattern
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- temperature idiomscold shoulder, hot head, in hot water, cold feet, hot under the collar
- Idle Phrasesidle hands, twiddling thumbs, killing time, at rest, doing nothing
- unusedunused, idle, untouched, vacant, empty
- delayeddelayed, postponed, deferred, suspended, paused
on iceunderway
Currently in progress
in progress · active · ongoing · in motion · in full swing
on iceup in the air
Unresolved, awaiting determination
uncertain · in doubt · at risk · in jeopardy · touch and go
on, ice, iced, icing, iceberg, ice-cold, icebox, iceboat, icehouse