TAP イディオム

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a love tap

a gentle hit with the hand, a light push or bump I didn't hit you very hard. It was just a love tap.

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love tap

(See a love tap)

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on tap

available from the tap on a keg of beer or ale There was a red neon sign in the window: COLD BEER ON TAP

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red tape

government forms and procedures An immigrant faces a lot of red tape - many interviews, forms.

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taper off

come to an end little by little, become smaller toward the end The rain began to taper off early in the afternoon.

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Tale of the tape

This idiom is used when comparing things, especially in sports; it comes from boxing where the fighters would be measured with a tape measure before a fight.

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blow taps|blow|taps

v. phr. To sound the final bugle call of the evening in a camp or military base. After taps is blown the boy scouts go to their bunks to sleep.

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friction tape|friction|tape

n. Black cloth tape with one sticky side used around electric wires. The boy fixed his cracked baseball bat with some friction tape.

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masking tape|mask|masking|tape

n. A paper tape that is stuck around the edges of a surface being painted to keep the paint off the surface next to it. The painters put masking tape around the window frames to keep the paint off the glass.

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red tape|red|tape

n. phr. Unnecessary bureaucratic routine; needless but official delays. If you want to get anything accomplished in a hurry, you have to find someone in power who can cut through all that red tape.

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taper down|taper

adj. phr. To decrease; reduce. He has tapered down his drinking from three martinis to one beer a day.

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taper off|taper

v. 1. To come to an end little by little; become smaller toward the end. The river tapers off here and becomes a brook. 2. To stop a habit gradually; do something less and less often. Robert gave up smoking all at once instead of tapering off.
Antonym: COLD TURKEY.

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tap

tap
see on tap.

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tape

tape
see red tape.

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taper

taper
taper off
1) to become smaller gradually toward one end
2) to diminish or stop gradually

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tapis

tapis
on the tapis
Under consideration.