red tape

red tape. A bureaucratic procedure required to be followed before official action can be taken; esp. rigid adherence to time-consuming rules and regulations; excessive bureaucracy. • The phrase originally referred to the red ribbons that lawyers and government officials once used to tie their papers together.

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译者Glen，毕业于世界顶级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与房地产诉讼相关的法律文件。