What does 'give someone the runaround' mean?

45,403 views ・ 2019-04-15

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μ•„λž˜ μ˜λ¬Έμžλ§‰μ„ λ”λΈ”ν΄λ¦­ν•˜μ‹œλ©΄ μ˜μƒμ΄ μž¬μƒλ©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ²ˆμ—­λœ μžλ§‰μ€ 기계 λ²ˆμ—­λ©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

00:04
Feifei: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.
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Feifei: The English We Speak에 μ˜€μ‹  것을 ν™˜μ˜ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
00:10
I'm Feifei.
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μ €λŠ” Feifeiμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
00:11
Rob: And I'm Rob. Hello.
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λ‘­: μ €λŠ” λ‘­μž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. μ•ˆλ…•ν•˜μ„Έμš”.
00:13
Feifei: Hey, Rob, how is your application to
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Feifei: μ•ˆλ…•, Rob,
00:16
run in the marathon going?
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λ§ˆλΌν†€μ—μ„œ μ‹€ν–‰ν•  μ‘μš© ν”„λ‘œκ·Έλž¨μ€ μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ λ˜μ–΄ κ°€λ‚˜μš”?
00:17
Rob: Not great. I fill in a form and then I'm told
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λ‘­: μ’‹μ§€ μ•Šμ•„. 양식을 μž‘μ„±ν•˜κ³ 
00:20
to fill in another one.
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λ‹€λ₯Έ 양식을 μž‘μ„±ν•˜λΌλŠ” λ©”μ‹œμ§€κ°€ ν‘œμ‹œλ©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
00:21
Feifei: Have you tried phoning someone?
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Feifei: λˆ„κ΅°κ°€μ—κ²Œ μ „ν™”λ₯Ό κ±Έμ–΄λ³Έ 적이 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆκΉŒ?
00:23
Rob: Yes. And they won'tΒ  give me a straight answer.
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λ‘­: λ„€. 그리고 그듀은 λ‚˜μ—κ²Œ 정닡을 μ£Όμ§€ μ•Šμ„ κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
00:26
They just keep giving me the runaround.
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그듀은 계속 λ‚˜μ—κ²Œ 우회λ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
00:28
Feifei: Well, that makes sense.
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Feifei: κΈ€μŽ„μš”.
00:31
If you're going to run in a marathon,
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λ§ˆλΌν†€μ—μ„œ λ›°λ €λ©΄
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you've got to run around.
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λ›°μ–΄μ•Ό ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
00:35
Rob: No, Feifei. Giving someone the runaround
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λ‘­: μ•„λ‹ˆ, Feifei. λˆ„κ΅°κ°€μ—κ²Œ λ‘˜λŸ¬λ³΄κΈ°λ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•˜λŠ” 것은
00:38
does not involve any exercise.
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μ–΄λ–€ μš΄λ™λ„ ν¬ν•¨ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
00:40
If you give someone the runaround,
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λˆ„κ΅°κ°€μ—κ²Œ 우회λ₯Ό μ œκ³΅ν•œλ‹€λŠ” 것은
00:42
it means you 'behave in an unhelpful way'
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'도움이 λ˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” λ°©μ‹μœΌλ‘œ 행동'ν•œλ‹€λŠ” μ˜λ―Έμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€. 도움을 λ°›κΈ° μœ„ν•΄
00:44
– possibly sending someoneΒ  from one place to another
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λˆ„κ΅°κ°€λ₯Ό ν•œ κ³³μ—μ„œ λ‹€λ₯Έ 곳으둜 보낼 μˆ˜λ„ μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
00:47
to get help.
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.
00:48
If you are given the runaround,
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μš°νšŒλ‘œκ°€ μ£Όμ–΄μ§€λ©΄
00:50
it can be very frustrating.
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맀우 싀망 슀러울 수 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
00:51
Feifei: I'm sure it is.
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Feifei: κ·Έλ ‡λ‹€κ³  ν™•μ‹ ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
00:53
I know lots of situations where
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λ‚˜λŠ” λ‚΄κ°€ λ„λ§μΉœ λ§Žμ€ 상황을 μ•Œκ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
00:56
I've been given the runaround.
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.
00:57
Rob: Well, there's one place where you won't be
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Rob: κΈ€μŽ„, 당신이 μš°νšŒν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ„ ν•œ 곳이 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€
01:00
given the runaround.
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01:00
It's here, with some helpfulΒ  examples of this phrase.
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. 이 ꡬ문에 λŒ€ν•œ
λͺ‡ κ°€μ§€ μœ μš©ν•œ μ˜ˆμ™€ ν•¨κ»˜ 여기에 μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€ .
01:06
Examples: When I calledΒ  the bank to ask for a loan,
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예: λŒ€μΆœμ„ μš”μ²­ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄ 은행에 μ „ν™”λ₯Ό κ±Έμ—ˆμ„ λ•Œ μ€ν–‰μ—μ„œ
01:10
they just gave me the runaround.
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κ·Έλƒ₯ ν•΄κ²°ν•΄ μ£Όμ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
01:12
She went to the hospital toΒ  get the results of her test,
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κ·Έλ…€λŠ” 검사 κ²°κ³Όλ₯Ό λ°›μœΌλŸ¬ 병원에 κ°”μ§€λ§Œ
01:17
but she just got the runaround.
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막 λŒμ•„μ„°μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
01:18
Now she's going to make a formal complaint.
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이제 κ·Έλ…€λŠ” 곡식적인 λΆˆλ§Œμ„ μ œκΈ°ν•  κ²ƒμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
01:21
When I complained about the bill,
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μ²­κ΅¬μ„œμ— λŒ€ν•΄ ν•­μ˜ν–ˆμ„ λ•Œ 상사
01:25
I was told to speak to theΒ  boss. But he wasn't there!
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μ—κ²Œ λ§ν•˜λΌλŠ” μ§€μ‹œλ₯Ό λ°›μ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€ . κ·ΈλŸ¬λ‚˜ κ·ΈλŠ” 거기에 μ—†μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€!
01:28
I think I'm just being given the runaround.
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제 μƒκ°μ—λŠ” κ·Έλƒ₯ λŒμ•„λ‹€λ‹ˆκΈ°λ§Œ ν•˜λŠ” 것 κ°™μ•„μš”.
01:30
Feifei: This is The English We Speak
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Feifei: 이것은 BBC Learning English의 The English We Speakμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
01:38
from BBC Learning English
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01:40
and we're finding out about the phrase
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01:42
'to give someone the runaround',
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'to give someone the runaround'λŠ”
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which means
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01:45
'to deliberately behave in an unhelpful way'.
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'고의적으둜 도움이 λ˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” λ°©μ‹μœΌλ‘œ ν–‰λ™ν•˜λ‹€'λ₯Ό μ˜λ―Έν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.
01:48
And, Rob, you've been given the runaround.
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그리고, λ‘­, 당신은 우회λ₯Ό λ°›μ•˜μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
01:51
Rob: I have.
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λ‘­: μžˆμ–΄μš”.
01:52
All I want to do is get a place in the marathon.
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λ‚΄κ°€ μ›ν•˜λŠ” 것은 λ§ˆλΌν†€μ— μ°Έκ°€ν•˜λŠ” κ²ƒλΏμž…λ‹ˆλ‹€.
01:56
But nobody seems to want to help me.
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ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ 아무도 λ‚˜λ₯Ό 도와주렀 ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” 것 κ°™μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.
01:57
Feifei: Could it be that you're so unfit,
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Feifei: 당신이 λ„ˆλ¬΄ λΆ€μ ν•©ν•΄μ„œ
02:00
they just don't want to give you a place?
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그듀이 λ‹Ήμ‹ μ—κ²Œ 자리λ₯Ό μ£Όκ³  μ‹Άμ–΄ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” 것일 수 μžˆλ‚˜μš”?
02:02
Rob: I don't think so. I'veΒ  been training for weeks!
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λ‘­: κ·Έλ ‡κ²Œ μƒκ°ν•˜μ§€ μ•ŠμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λͺ‡ μ£Ό λ™μ•ˆ ν›ˆλ ¨μ„ ν–ˆμ–΄μš”!
02:06
Feifei: Well, I managed toΒ  get a place straight away
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Feifei: 음,
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with no runaround.
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μš°νšŒν•  ν•„μš” 없이 λ°”λ‘œ 자리λ₯Ό μž‘μ„ 수 μžˆμ—ˆμ–΄μš”.
02:11
Rob: What? You're running the marathon too?
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λ‘­: 뭐? λ§ˆλΌν†€λ„ ν•˜μ‹œλ‚˜μš”?
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Why didn't you tell me?
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μ™œ λ‚˜ν•œν…Œ λ§ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ•˜μ–΄?
02:16
Right, I'm going to phone them again
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λ„€, λ‹€μ‹œ μ „ν™”ν•΄μ„œ
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and demand a place.
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μž₯μ†Œλ₯Ό 달라고 ν• κ²Œμš”.
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Feifei: And don't be givenΒ  the runaround this time, Rob!
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Feifei: 그리고 μ΄λ²ˆμ—λŠ” 상황을 νŒŒμ•…ν•˜μ§€ λ§ˆμ„Έμš”, Rob!
02:22
Rob: I won't. See you at the start line!
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λ‘­: μ•ˆ ν• κ²Œ. μΆœλ°œμ„ μ—μ„œ λ§Œλ‚˜μš”!
02:25
Feifei: Bye.
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Feifei: μ•ˆλ…•.
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