Talk:cut through red tape

RFD discussion: April–August 2023
SOP Chuck Entz (talk) 15:05, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Chuck Entz, according to https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cut+through+red+tape it's in the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. And it's idiomatic. It says "cut through" in reference to the "red tape", but nobody is using scissors for this as it actually refers to the idiomatic sense of cut through. (which makes it quite the clever idiom) — Alexis Jazz (talk) 16:35, 26 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete as SoP. Add the phrase as a usage example at if desired. — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:13, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to, SOP. PUC – 21:21, 26 April 2023 (UTC)
 * It relies on the idiomatic sense of both cut through and red tape while strongly hinting at the literal senses for both. I'd consider that a potential source of confusion, but I guess that's just me then. You "win", I redirected it myself. No need for a vote pile on here. — Alexis Jazz (talk) 12:46, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep. I agree with Alexis Jazz, but I feel it should not be redirected. DonnanZ (talk) 13:33, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Do the idiomatic senses of and  originally refer to this idiom? If so, there’s an argument for keeping this. We also don’t do hard redirects like this - that is the wrong approach. Theknightwho (talk) 15:25, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Theknightwho, that is a good question, I'm not sure how that could be verified? About hard redirects: they help users when they search. Regardless of whether or not this technically is SoP, users are likely to think it's a fixed idiom when they encounter this as one needs to recognize the idiomatic senses of both parts to detect it as SoP. — Alexis Jazz (talk) 07:07, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, SOP as hell. Fay Freak (talk) 11:21, 24 May 2023 (UTC)


 * RFD failed Pious Eterino (talk) 19:40, 17 August 2023 (UTC)