auf Sparflamme

German

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Prepositional phrase

auf Sparflamme

  1. on the back burner
    • 2021 March 5, Maria Mast, “Jetzt wäre der Moment, es anders zu machen”, in Die Zeit‎[1]:
      Die Welt steht still. Vielerorts jedenfalls. Menschen bleiben zu Hause, die Wirtschaft köchelt auf Sparflamme, weniger Verkehr, weniger Besuche, weniger Fernreisen.
      The world stands still. In many places anyway. People stay at home, the economy is simmering, less traffic, fewer visits, fewer long-distance trips.

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