Noun
refrigerated storage for preservation
in a state of abeyance or postponement
Source: WordNetThe English never abolish anything. They put it in cold storage. Alfred North Whitehead
To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage. Damon Hill
I have known far too many university graduates, in this country and in my own, who, as soon as they have received the diploma which declares them to be of Certified Intelligence, put their brains in cold storage and never use them again until they are hauled away to the mortuary. Robertson Davies
A library is thought in cold storage. Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
OBLIVION, n. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock. Ambrose Bierce
To help producers serve larger institutional customers like schools and hospitals, USDA has helped fund new regional infrastructure like cold storage warehouses, commercial kitchens and local slaughter facilities. Thomas Vilsack