to put on the back burner, to put on hold
A empresa deixou o projeto em banho-maria até conseguir mais recursos.
The company put the project on the back burner until it could secure more funding.
A slow water bath supplies the delay metaphor. Aulete records the figurative usage; its inventor is unknown.
Source: Aulete — banho-maria.
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