red tape

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

Έννοιες

γραφειοκρατία

grapheiokratia

Συνώνυμα

bureaucracy

officialism

procrastination

red-tapism

bureaucratic procedure

officialdom

bureaucratism

bureaucratic bungling

bureaucratic routine

beadledom

departmentalism

desk jockey

busy-work

formalities

paperwork

procedure

process

runaround

Μεταφράσεις

Amtsschimmel

paperasserie

burocracia

burocracia

papeleo

burocrazia

Bürokratismus

bureaucratie

impôt papier

burocratismo

cavilli burocratici

lungaggini burocratiche

pedanteria burocratica

bureaucratie

bureaucratisch

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Alluding to the former practice of binding government documents in red-colored tape. First use appears c. 1658 in the publication Public Intelligencer. See cite below.