What does "on ice" mean in the following sentences?
1.They kept the invention on ice for ten years.
2.Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry. Let's put the report on ice awhile and grab a bite to eat.
3.Fernando Torres has rubbished claims that he wants to swap the Anfield pitch for a new career on ice.
I read these sentences from my exercise book,but I don't know what does "on ice" mean!

Thanks for your time!

Question

What does "on ice" mean in the following sentences?
1.They kept the invention on ice for ten years.
2.Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry. Let's put the report on ice awhile and grab a bite to eat.
3.Fernando Torres has rubbished claims that he wants to swap the Anfield pitch for a new career on ice.
I read these sentences from my exercise book,but I don't know what does "on ice" mean! 

Thanks for your time!

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I agree, for the first two sentences the meaning is "to delay/defer"... like Eliot's example of storing meat on ice to use it later.  The report, or the invention, will stay almost "as fresh" when they come back to it later.

Sentence #3 is the confusing one: it means literally on ice, ie. an ice-skating rink.  So a career on ice is ice hockey, or maybe performing as an ice-skater.

With this meaning, "Cinderella On Ice" means that the story of Cinderella will be performed by ice-skaters... not that Cinderella has been placed on ice to preserve the body. :P

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Think of putting meat on ice. You can store it for a while.
Putting something on ice means putting it in storage. i.e. put it away for a while and come back to it later.

#3 is a bit strange. Typo maybe?
A new career on ice means going into ice hockey.

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第一句和第二句里的on ice 都意为搁置，第三句中的on ice 意为冰上的一个体育项目 ^_^

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Here is a different usage of on ice.  I will use a a bad sentence as an example:

After she kills him she will put him on ice.

Meaning she will store him in the refrigerator. lol