A type of audio recording device that uses reel-to-reel tape

(idiomatic, intransitive) To fail completely; to have no successful result.

Something that will enrage another particular person.

(idiomatic) To fail completely; to have no result.

(idiomatic, usually hyphenated when placed before noun) Only tolerably good; somewhat favorable.

A machine that records sound onto, or plays sound from, tape wound on one reel, by feeding it through to another reel.

(idiomatic) To state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way.

A person who does not plan ahead and think matters through becomes involved in risky or unfavorable situations which prudent people avoid.

Usually said in a situation when the rule is incorrect and unusable.

Of temporal measurements or comparisons: exactly; measured on the level of days, rather than more loosely by weeks, months etc.