need more time in the oven

== English == === Verb === need more time in the oven (third-person singular simple present needs more time in the oven, present participle needing more time in the oven, simple past and past participle needed more time in the oven) (figurative) Of a project or an idea, to be insufficiently polished or thought out; requiring more time to attain acceptable quality. ==== See also ====