| 单词 | red-tape minister |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred-tape minister General attributive, as red-tape code, red-tape minister, etc. ΚΠ 1827 J. Mitchell Sketches on Agric. 144 A good tenant is bound by his superior judgment, pride, and honour; nor will any parchment and red tape fetters bind a designing knave. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. i. 223 The men of more dazzling genius began to sneer at the red-tape minister as a mere official manager of details. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 144 Those who framed the red-tape code were not men of business. 1902 Times 19 Apr. 13/1 What did the red-tape officials at the War Office say? 1944 Amer. Notes & Queries Apr. 9/1 Gobbledygook talk: Maury Maverick's name for the long high-sounding words of Washington's red-tape language. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 347 ‘Is Baba Sheek gonna have to pay someone off?’.. ‘Not yet. I'm determined to try the red-tape method.’ < as lemmas |
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