Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Shelf

Laid on the shelf, or shelved. A government officer no longer actively employed; an actor no longer assigned a part; a young lady past the ordinary age of marriage; a pawn at the broker's; a question started and set aside. All mean laid up and put away.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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