Also,
cook on the front burner. Do very well, make rapid progress. For example,
The first half is finished already? Now you're cooking with gas, or
Two promotions in two years-she's really cooking on the front burner! The first of these metaphoric phrases alludes to gas stoves, which began to replace slower wood-burning stoves about 1915. The variant, which alludes to something on a stove's front burner receiving more attention, is heard less often today. [
Slang; 1940s] Also see
back burner.