a meddling do-gooder
You know, you do-gooders are all alike.12 Angry Men · 1957 — 第 8 / 17 章 · 4'59" · B2
Juror 8 Tests the El Train Timing, Explained：as plain as the nose on your face
The jurors lay out the testimony against the boy: the old man who heard him yell and saw him run, and the woman who watched through the windows of a passing elevated train. Then one juror turns to the train itself, asking how long it takes to pass a point — because the noise may prove the woman saw nothing.
あらすじ
The jury reviews the case witness by witness. The old man downstairs says he heard the boy shout and then the body hit the floor; a woman across the street says she saw the stabbing through the windows of a moving elevated train. A juror questions how clearly the old man could really hear, then has the room estimate how long the train takes to pass.
注目の表現
as plain as the nose on your faceblow your stackwrap it uptalk someone out of something
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このシーンの表現
as plain as the nose on your face
utterly obvious
An impatient juror declares the boy guilty with a phrase meant to end the argument.
The answer is as plain as the nose on your face.
このシーンの他の表現
- blow your stack
lose your temper
- wrap it up
finish it off
- talk someone out of something
persuade someone against it
- hear yourself think
have no quiet to think
- elevated train
a train running on raised tracks
このシーンのメモ一覧
93 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ
lose your temper
Juror Seven needles Juror Eight for always blowing his stack over a hopeless case.
You're always blowing your stacks over some guy that fanned.struck out — Baseball slang; by extension, someone who failed.
You're always blowing your stacks over some guy that fanned.waste people's time
But what are you wasting our time for?mate, buddy — Casual male address, a bit condescending; not for formal use.
This kid is guilty, pal.utterly obvious
An impatient juror declares the boy guilty with a phrase meant to end the argument.
It's as plain as the nose on your face.Link nose, on and your into one run.
It's as plain as the nose on your face.better than working — Wry and very casual, said while enjoying an easy stretch.
Hmm. Beats workin'.finish it off
Juror Seven tells the room to wrap it up and be done with the case.
You're wasting your time. You ought to wrap it up.supposing + past: Supposing starts a hypothetical; the past tense marks it as unreal.
Supposing you were the one who was on trial.not accustomed to it
Well, I'm not used to supposing.be used to doing: Be used to takes an -ing form and means be accustomed to it.
Well, I'm not used to supposing.persuade someone against it
Juror Seven turns the tables: suppose you talk us all out of convicting, and the boy really did kill his father.
Supposing you talk us all out of this, and, uh, the kid really did knife his father. Huh?stab someone with a knife knife is used as a verb here
Supposing you talk us all out of this, and, uh, the kid really did knife his father. Huh?sit back down
- Well, where else - - Okay, fellas, let's take our seats.start the real work
The foreman calls the jurors back to their seats and says let's get down to business.
Okay, now let's - Let's get down to business.kick it off
Now, who wants to start it off?recognize a voice
It's not that easy to identify a voice, particularly a shouting voice.not that easy to do: Not that easy means not so easy, followed by an infinitive.
It's not that easy to identify a voice, particularly a shouting voice.trivial details
She remembered the most insignificant details.dispute it
I don't see how you can argue with that.embedded question: The embedded question keeps statement order: how long it would take.
Has anybody here any idea how long it would take an el...make a guess
- What has that to do with anything? - How long? Take a guess.Blend Take and a into take-a.
- What has that to do with anything? - How long? Take a guess.no idea at all
- I wouldn't have the slightest idea. - What do you think?The subject it drops out in It don't matter.
Oh, brother. Don't matter though. We were all punchy.dazed and worn out — Dazed from fatigue; colloquial.
Oh, brother. Don't matter though. We were all punchy.have no quiet to think
A juror who lived near the tracks says the passing trains are so loud you cannot hear yourself think.
- You can hardly hear yourself think. - All right, you can't hear yourself think.come to the main point
- Will you get to the point? - I will. Now just a minute.fit them together
Let's take two pieces of testimony and try to put them together.a tiny instant
and a split second later heard a body hit the floor.「Juror 8 Tests the El Train Timing」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is where testimony stops being facts and becomes someone's memory, put under pressure. The old man's account is neat: he heard the boy yell and a second later the body hit the floor, and he saw the boy run. But one juror asks the question that breaks the neatness — "I was wondering how clearly the old man could have heard the boy's voice through the ceiling." The answer offered is that the window was open, which only raises the next problem: the elevated train. The woman's testimony depends on seeing through it, and the train's noise and speed decide whether her account is possible at all. The jurors end up guessing at train timing to settle a capital case, and that is the point: the evidence everyone called obvious is built on fragile human hearing and sight.
Theme
JusticeThe jurors test a death-penalty case with basic questions about hearing and timing, showing that 'obvious' testimony can fall apart under scrutiny.
PhilosophyThe argument is about knowledge: what a witness can truly hear or see, and how much certainty a verdict really requires.
このチャプターで学べること
- A witness can be certain and still wrong.
- Noise turns a clear sighting into a guess.
- Juror Eight rebuilds the night from the clock.
- Small details can cut both ways in a trial.
発音のポイント
- nose on your — Link nose, on and your into one run.
- Take a — Blend Take and a into take-a.
- Don't matter — The subject it drops out in It don't matter.
It's as plain as the nose on your face.A juror's claim that the boy's guilt needs no argument — it is right there for anyone to see, and doubting it is absurd.
You're wasting your time. You ought to wrap it up.A blunt demand to stop deliberating and reach a verdict. It treats any further discussion as pointless delay rather than duty.
It's not that easy to identify a voice, particularly a shouting voice.The holdout's challenge to the old man's evidence: recognizing who shouted through a ceiling and an open window is far harder than the testimony suggests.
I was wondering how clearly the old man could have heard the boy's voice through the ceiling.The question that starts the doubts: before accepting the old man's recollection, check what he could physically have heard from the apartment below.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the jury question the old man's testimony?
He said he heard the boy yell and the body fall, but the holdout points out that recognizing a voice through a ceiling and an open window is harder than it sounds — especially a shout.
What does the elevated train have to do with the case?
The woman said she saw the killing through the windows of a moving el train. If the train was loud and fast enough, she may not have been able to see or hear anything clearly, which would undermine her identification.
Why do the jurors argue about how long the train takes to pass?
It's the only way to test the woman's story. If the train passes a point in about ten seconds, the jury can judge whether she really had time to see the stabbing through two cars.
What does "as plain as the nose on your face" mean?
It means something is completely obvious — as visible as your own nose. Here a juror uses it to insist the boy's guilt needs no discussion.
What two pieces of testimony are being compared at the end?
The old man downstairs, who says he heard the boy say "I'm gonna kill you" and then a body hit the floor, and the woman across the street, who claims she saw the stabbing.
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第 11 章out of thin airJuror 8 Reenacts the Old Man's Walk
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第 13 章hung juryJuror 8 Tests the Movie Alibi
第 14 章have the gutsJuror 8's Knife Demonstration
第 15 章you peopleJuror 10's Racist Rant
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