German-English translation for "Amtsschimmel"

"Amtsschimmel" English translation

Amtsschimmel
Maskulinum | masculine m <Amtsschimmels; keinPlural | plural pl> figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg

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red tape, bureaucracy
examples
  • hier wiehert der Amtsschimmel
    this place is buried in red tape
    hier wiehert der Amtsschimmel

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