プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
たらい【×盥】
a tub；〔洗たく用の〕a washtub
たらい回し
彼らは派閥内で政権をたらい回しにした
They transferred [passed] the reins of government around among the members of their faction.
その病人はいくつもの病院をたらい回しにされた
The patient was sent from one hospital door to 「the next [another].
その書類は各課をたらい回しにされた
Each department said the matter was outside its jurisdiction and sent the papers on elsewhere.