Jen: Alice, did you drop off my dress at the dry cleaners?
Alice: Oh right! Sorry, I was busy doing something else that dropping off your dress at the dry cleaners fell through the cracks.
Jen: Oh, don’t worry. I’ll go tomorrow.

오늘 본문에서 제가 “Alice, did you drop off my dress at the dry cleaners? Alice, 세탁소에 내 드레스 맡겼니?” 라고 물었습니다.

그러자 Alice는 “Oh right! 아, 맞아! Sorry, I was busy doing something else that dropping off your dress at the dry cleaners fell through the cracks. 미안해. 내가 다른 일 때문에 너무 바빠서, 세탁소에 네 치마를 맡겨야 하다는 걸 잊어버렸어.”라고 했습니다.

그래서 제가 괜찮다고 말했는데요. “Oh, don’t worry. I’ll go tomorrow. 걱정 마. 내일 내가 가면 돼.”라고요.

Now keep today’s phrase, ‘fall through the cracks’ in mind and let’s listen to the conversation again. 그럼 다시 한번 대화를 들어볼까요?

Jen: Alice, did you drop off my dress at the dry cleaners?
Alice: Oh right! Sorry, I was busy doing something else that dropping off your dress at the dry cleaners fell through the cracks.
Jen: Oh, don’t worry. I’ll go tomorrow.

Today’s phrase is fall through the cracks. This phrase is used to say that something has been neglected or has gone unnoticed. So when something falls through the cracks it is simply forgotten or overlooked.

Fall through the cracks를 직역하면 ‘갈라진 틈새로 떨어지다, 빠지다’ 가 되는데요, 실제로는 ‘잊어버리다’, ‘알아차리지 못하다’라는 뜻으로 쓰입니다.

오늘 본문에서 Alice는 다른 일 때문에 너무 바빠서 세탁소에 제 치마를 맡겨야 하는 걸 잊어버렸다고 했습니다. 영어로 “Sorry, I was busy doing something else that dropping off your dress at the dry cleaners fell through the cracks. 이렇게 무엇을 잊어버렸을 때 쓸 수 있는 표현이 바로 ‘fall through the cracks’입니다.

그럼 예문을 통해 오늘 표현을 좀 더 자세히 알아보겠습니다. “This important task must not fall through the cracks.”는 “이 중요한 임무는 절대로 빠뜨려선 안 됩니다.”라는 뜻입니다.

Here is another example. “It’s important that no homeless person fall through the cracks.”는 “노숙자들이 무시되지 않는 것이 중요하다.”라는 뜻입니다. Now let’s listen to the conversation for the last time.

Jen: Alice, did you drop off my dress at the dry cleaners?
Alice: Oh right! Sorry, I was busy doing something else that dropping off your dress at the dry cleaners fell through the cracks.
Jen: Oh, don’t worry. I’ll go tomorrow.

Let’s review. When something falls through the cracks, it is forgotten or overlooked. FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.