I had to go through the whole rigmarole of being questioned and searched before they let me in. 经过了一系列繁琐的盘问和搜查之后，他们才让我进去。
All that rigmarole about the house being haunted was just to stop people from buying it. 所有关于这所房子闹鬼的废话只是为了阻止人们买它。