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The binding tape once used for holding important documents together. / (metonymically, idiomatic) Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.

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red tape

Noun

uncountable idiomatic metonymically

The binding tape once used for holding important documents together. / (metonymically, idiomatic) Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.

Japanese Meaning

重要書類をまとめるためにかつて使用された赤いテープ / 時間のかかる規制や官僚的手続き

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She tied the stack of legal contracts with red tape before placing them in the archive.

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彼女は契約書の束を保管庫に入れる前に、書類を束ねる赤いテープで結び留めた。

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The binding tape once used for holding important documents together.

At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.

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