Redewendung: eine Aufgabe immer wieder aufschieben.
An idiom: to keep postponing a task.
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Er schiebt die Steuererklärung auf die lange Bank. — He keeps putting his tax return on the back burner.
Das Thema wurde jahrelang auf die lange Bank geschoben. — The issue was put on the back burner for years.
Wir dürfen die Entscheidung nicht auf die lange Bank schieben. — We mustn't put the decision on the back burner.
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