Have the ear of someone 拥有某个人的耳朵？

 

To have the ear of someone or to have someone's ear means to have attention from someone who listens to you and often follows your advice.

e.g

• She has the ear of our (ex)manager and our director,  and excels in making us look bad.
• He has the President's ear, especially over environmental policy.

Put something on the back burner

 一个厨师经常同时检查烹炸多份菜肴，为更好的专注于最需要关注的那个，他经常习惯把不需要太多关注的锅盆放到后面的（back）炉头（burner）上。

从而，put something on the back burner就表示降低某事物的优先级，把它放到次要位置。

E.g

• Her career has always been on the back burner because her children's well-being is more important to her.
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• Those that demand careful consideration and attention are left on the back burner.