red tape
Senso (Inglese)
- (uncountable) The binding tape once used for holding important documents together.
- (idiomatic, metonymically, uncountable) Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.
Concetti
sinonimi
bureaucratic procedure
bureaucratic bungling
bureaucratic routine
Traduzioni
burocracia
burocracia
γραφειοκρατία
Bürokratismus
Tâches administratives impôt papier
bureaucratieEtimologia (Inglese)
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.
Notes
Sign in to write sticky notes
Inizia ad apprendere inglese con learnfeliz .
Esercitati a parlare e a memorizzare " red tape " e molte altre parole e frasi in inglese .
'%3e%3c/path%3e%3c/g%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cmarker%20markerWidth='4.5'%20markerHeight='4.5'%20refX='2.25'%20refY='2.25'%20viewBox='0%200%204.5%204.5'%20orient='auto'%20id='SvgjsMarker4023'%3e%3cpolygon%20points='0,4.5%201.5,2.25%200,0%204.5,2.25'%20fill='white'%3e%3c/polygon%3e%3c/marker%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e)
