Reader's Digest 2月号の記事 "I survived!" からの引用です。
There was no change. And after a day and a half of agonizing pain. I told my husband, "something is really wrong with my head." I didn't care that we hadn't waited the prescribed 48 hours; in order for me to be taken seriously and not fobbed off as a migraine victim, we returned to the hospital.
以前（ 7/7/2015）"fob off on" を取り上げましたが、その意味とは上の引用文の " fobbed off" とは意味が違うようです。 辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: to try to stop somebody asking questions or complaining by telling them something that is not true: Don't let him fob you off with any more excuses.
・Collins Dictionary: If someone fobs you off, they tell you something just to stop you asking questions.: I've asked her about it but she fobs me off.
・Farlex Dictionary of Idioms: To evade or dupe someone or avoid some responsibility through some form of deceit. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fob" and "off.": I'm not fobbing you off! I really do have a dentist appointment that day!
前回取り上げた "fob off on" と騙されいる訳ではないが何か共通していますね。
There was no change. And after a day and a half of agonizing pain. I told my husband, "something is really wrong with my head." I didn't care that we hadn't waited the prescribed 48 hours; in order for me to be taken seriously and not fobbed off as a migraine victim, we returned to the hospital.
以前（ 7/7/2015）"fob off on" を取り上げましたが、その意味とは上の引用文の " fobbed off" とは意味が違うようです。 辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: to try to stop somebody asking questions or complaining by telling them something that is not true: Don't let him fob you off with any more excuses.
・Collins Dictionary: If someone fobs you off, they tell you something just to stop you asking questions.: I've asked her about it but she fobs me off.
・Farlex Dictionary of Idioms: To evade or dupe someone or avoid some responsibility through some form of deceit. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fob" and "off.": I'm not fobbing you off! I really do have a dentist appointment that day!
前回取り上げた "fob off on" と騙されいる訳ではないが何か共通していますね。
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