kick the can (down the road)

成語所屬單字can

kick the can (down the road) — 慣用語

1. To delay dealing with a problem instead of solving it now.

1.慣用語
釋義

拖延問題

To delay dealing with a problem instead of solving it now.

例句

The government keeps kicking the can down the road on climate change.

Instead of fixing the leak, he just kicked the can down the road.