I had English teachers at boarding school who used the term "belts and braces" where applicable. Anything overdone. I'm guessing it's a reasonably common expression across the pond.

I always chuckle when I hear it now because it reminds me (although not the same) of a "Full Cleveland"....the white tie, white belt ensemble often worn by Herb Tarluk of WKRP in Cincinnati.

The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia