Today´s idiom: Red Tape

The idiom RED TAPE  refers to excessive rules and regulations, bureaucratic details and delays.











Example: I´m glad to announce I´ve made it through the red tape. The embassy has granted me a VISA so I´m going on holidays to Germany. ( = I have finally managed to get a VISA so I can travel.)





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