get on the shelf

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dansa kaldırılmamak
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Definition of get on the shelf in English English dictionary

on the shelf
Laid aside, unused, abandoned
on the shelf
unmarried

It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.

on the shelf
not in use; temporarily postponed; unlikely to marry (of a woman)