red tape
idiomTime-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.
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bleed red ink
To suffer from severe net losses.
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clap one's hands red
To clap or applaud intensely.
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cut red tape
To reduce bureaucracy.
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neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring
Synonym of neither fish nor fowl (“not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options”).
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paint the town red
To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.
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play the same tape
To repeat exactly what one previously said or did.
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put on the red light
To advertise oneself as a prostitute.
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Red Baron
A hotshot fighter pilot.