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What the is the origin of the idiom black burner?

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∙ 12y ago
Updated: 9/21/2023

I think you mean back burner. It's pretty obvious when you see that, isn't it? Something put on the back burner on the stove isn't what you're cooking at the moment. You put it aside to work on something else and plan to come back to it later.

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