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A Shot in the Dark · 1964 — 第 1 / 12 章 · 2'55" · B1

Clouseau Investigates the Pistol Pen, Explained：meet the eye

The murder looks open and shut: the maid, the gun, the locked room. But Clouseau won't follow the obvious thread. "There is much here that does not meet the eye," he says, brushing aside a witness who accuses Maria — then puts the whole household under suspicion, his favourite kind of chaos.

あらすじ

At the Ballon house, Inspector Clouseau examines the scene of a murder. A pen in his own pocket turns out to be a fired pistol pen, and Maria Gambrelli is accused on the spot. Instead of arresting her, Clouseau questions the witnesses, declares that what they heard is not what they saw, and places every member of the household under suspicion.

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pistol penwatch your tonguebroke it openmeet the eye

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このシーンの表現

meet the eye

to be visible or apparent

Clouseau hints that the room hides more than it shows.

Something about his story does not meet the eye.

このシーンの他の表現

  • pistol pen

    a pen-shaped gun

  • watch your tongue

    be careful what you say

  • broke it open

    forced it open

  • I believe everything

    I believe it all

  • under suspicion

    being suspected of something

このシーンのメモ一覧

46 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B1something has been fired

was discharged Here fired means the gun was discharged, not sacked.

This pen has been fired recently.
発音Inspector Clouseau

Stress the second syllable of Clouseau with a French flavour.

I am Inspector Clouseau.
表現 · B2a pistol pen

a pen-shaped gun

Clouseau insists the pen-shaped gun is his own.

- This is my pistol pen. - I know.
表現 · A2get your own something

obtain one for yourself

Get your own, please. This is my own personal one.
発音look in here

Link look and in; it can sound like luh-kin.

Don't look in here. Look outside.
発音What did you

In fast speech what did you can blur into wodja.

- What did you say? - Nothing, monsieur.
表現 · A2a friend of mine / yours

one of your friends

A friend of yours?
表現 · B1any idea who / what / where ...

do you know

- Any idea who killed him? - I've no idea.
表現 · A2have no idea

to not know at all

- Any idea who killed him? - I've no idea.
表現 · B2watch your tongue

be careful what you say

Clouseau warns the man to mind his words about Maria.

- She is lying. - You watch your tongue.
文法 · B2who fired those shots

embedded question: The who-clause is the object of know; it reports the question without inverting.

Then you could not possibly know who fired those shots.
表現 · B1locked from the inside

secured from within

The door was locked from the inside.
文法 · B1was locked

passive voice: The passive hides who locked the door and stresses the state.

The door was locked from the inside.
表現 · B1break something open

forced it open

The officer describes forcing the locked door open and finding the body.

When I broke it open, I found Miguel where you see him and Maria with a gun in her hand.
表現 · B1with something in one's hand

holding a gun

When I broke it open, I found Miguel where you see him and Maria with a gun in her hand.
表現 · B1still smoking

still giving off smoke

- With a gun in her hand? - Still smoking.
表現 · B1how something got there

how it ended up there

But I don't know how it got there. I really don't!
表現 · B2gather the facts

to collect the facts

I gather the facts, examine the clues, and before you know it, the case is solved.
表現 · B2before you know it

sooner than you expect

I gather the facts, examine the clues, and before you know it, the case is solved.
表現 · C1meet the eye

to be visible or apparent

Clouseau hints that the room hides more than it shows.

There is much here that does not meet the eye.
文法 · B2that does not meet the eye

relative clause: The that-clause defines what much refers to.

There is much here that does not meet the eye.
表現 · B1quite obvious

very clear

That is quite obvious.
表現 · B2under suspicion

being suspected of something

Clouseau puts the whole household under suspicion before leaving.

Everyone in this household is under suspicion.

「Clouseau Investigates the Pistol Pen」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene sets up the film's joke about detection: Clouseau happens to be right about almost nothing, yet he speaks with total authority. When a witness insists Maria is guilty, he snaps back with procedure — "You heard four shots. You did not see four" — dismantling the testimony on a technicality. His creed is contradiction dressed as method: "I believe everything. And I believe nothing. I suspect everyone. And I suspect no one." The famous promise that follows — "I gather the facts, examine the clues, and before you know it, the case is solved" — is delivered as if it were wisdom. What is really happening is that the obvious suspect is protected by accident, because Clouseau distrusts the obvious. He ends not with an arrest but a warning: "Everyone in this household is under suspicion," turning a murder investigation into a room-wide inconvenience.

Theme

Dark humorA murder scene is played for laughs: Clouseau contradicts himself and insults logic while everyone waits.
SatireThe detective who solves nothing preaches total confidence, mocking how authority moves through a case.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Under suspicion means suspected, not convicted
  • Watch your tongue is a sharp warning
  • A pistol pen is a gun shaped like a pen
  • What does not meet the eye stays hidden

発音のポイント

  • Inspector Clouseau — Stress the second syllable of Clouseau with a French flavour.
  • look in here — Link look and in; it can sound like luh-kin.
  • What did you — In fast speech what did you can blur into wodja.
There is much here that does not meet the eye.

Clouseau's hint that the surface story is misleading: the harmless details hide what actually happened.

I gather the facts, examine the clues, and before you know it, the case is solved.

His boast of method. He claims a tidy process, but the phrasing is so vague it promises nothing about real police work.

Everyone in this household is under suspicion.

Not a clue but a blanket warning: no one at the house is cleared, and everyone should feel watched.

The door was locked from the inside.

The detail that should make the locked-room puzzle impossible — someone shot Miguel with the door sealed from within.

このシーンについての質問

Does Clouseau believe Maria Gambrelli is innocent?

He refuses to follow the obvious charge. He keeps questioning the witnesses and won't let the maid be condemned on a gun in her hand alone.

Why does Clouseau say no one saw the four shots?

A witness says they heard four shots, so Clouseau points out that hearing is not seeing, using the gap to undercut their certainty about who fired.

What does "under suspicion" mean here?

It's a police phrase meaning someone is not cleared. Clouseau says the whole household is under suspicion, so every resident is a possible suspect.

Who is Miguel?

The murder victim found in the locked room. The witnesses say Maria was standing over him with a gun that was still smoking.

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