kick into the long grass
The idiom "kick into the long grass" is commonly used in British English, especially in political contexts, to describe avoiding or delaying action on an issue.
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Definition
C1General
(idiomatic, informal)To delay or postpone a decision or action, often to avoid dealing with it.
Example
- The committee decided to kick the proposal into the long grass, hoping it would be forgotten.
C1Politics
(idiomatic, informal)To avoid addressing a contentious issue by putting it aside.
Example
- The government kicked the controversial policy into the long grass to avoid public backlash.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "kick into the long grass":
kick into touchkick aroundgo to grasskick overkick over the tracestouch grassgo to groundput out to pasturerun into the groundkick itkick one's heelsthrow dirt ongive the go-byhit the dirtkick at the canbeat the dustput the boot inoutkick one's coveragekick up dusttake a back seatkick updrag one's feet