ヤンミさんの おぼえた日記 - 2013年8月22日(木)

Surgery

a cut above :
better than other people or things
▪ All of his books are good, but this one is a cut above (the rest).
▪ She's a cut above the other competitors and should win easily.

you got it under control.
*under control :
able to be handled or managed with success : not out of control
▪ She remained calm and kept the situation under control.
▪ A year after the divorce, he finally got his life back under control. [=he finally regained control of his life]
▪ The firefighters got the fire under control.
▪ You need to get your drinking/gambling/anger under control.
▪ Don't worry—I have everything under control.


I'm going under the knife on Friday.
*under the knife :
having a medical operation
▪ I'm going under the knife [=having surgery] tomorrow.

Just let to yo know : 一応知らせておくけれど、ちなみに

put ... in order :
order : an organized and proper state or condition
▪ Hundreds of families are struggling to get/put their lives back in order after the earthquake.

But it's something that's been on the back burner too long.
*on the back burner :
chiefly US : in the position of something that will not receive immediate attention and action
▪ She put her singing career on the back burner to pursue her dream of being a movie star.
▪ The President has put tax reduction on the back burner because he has more urgent problems to deal with.