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what means red tape in English？ I'm confused...nope I should say what does red tape mean.... 〣( ºΔº )〣

10. Sep. 2015 14:38

It means annoying bureaucratic paperwork which seems to have no real value. e.g. All I wanted to do was apply for a new passport, but there was so much red tape to deal with. It took such a long time.

10. September 2015

Cultural/historical note: centuries ago it was actually the custom to bind bundles of legal documents of red tape, and that's the origin of the phrase.

10. September 2015

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