phone tag

名詞

慣用表現不可算名詞

(idiomatic) A situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as by voice mail.

日本語の意味

双方が電話に出ず、留守番電話にメッセージを残し合う結果、実際に電話での会話が成立しない状況

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After missing each other's calls all morning, they found themselves stuck in phone tag.

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午前中ずっとお互いの電話に出られず、結局互いに留守番電話を残し合う電話のたらい回しになってしまった。

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意味（1）

(idiomatic) A situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as by voice mail.

What frequently results is a game of phone tag. One party tries to reach another, is unable to, and leaves voice-mail indicating an interest in finding a time to meet. The other party returns the call, more often than not fails to reach the original caller, and leaves voice-mail in response.

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