元となった辞書の項目
telephone tag
名詞
慣用表現
不可算名詞
(idiomatic)
A
situation
in
which
a
person
unsuccessfully
attempts
to
contact
another
person
by
telephone
and
leaves
a
message
instead,
and
in
which
the
second
person
then
unsuccessfully
attempts
to
return
the
initial
call
and
leaves
a
message
for
the
first
person,
and
so
on
as
if
the
two
are
playing
a
game
of
tag
in
which
the
most
recent
person
to
have
been
left
with
a
message
is
now
designated
as
"it"
(i.e.
as
the
player
now
obliged
to
chase
the
other
and
to
attempt
anew
to
make
contact).
日本語の意味
電話で連絡を取ろうとするが、相手に繋がらず、伝言を残し合う状態（まるで追いかけっこをしているかのような状況）
意味（1）
(idiomatic)
A
situation
in
which
a
person
unsuccessfully
attempts
to
contact
another
person
by
telephone
and
leaves
a
message
instead,
and
in
which
the
second
person
then
unsuccessfully
attempts
to
return
the
initial
call
and
leaves
a
message
for
the
first
person,
and
so
on
as
if
the
two
are
playing
a
game
of
tag
in
which
the
most
recent
person
to
have
been
left
with
a
message
is
now
designated
as
"it"
(i.e.
as
the
player
now
obliged
to
chase
the
other
and
to
attempt
anew
to
make
contact).
