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Airplane! · 1980 — 第 10 / 10 章 · 3'34" · B1

Assume Crash Positions, Explained：No dice

Told by the tower to stay up, Striker simply refuses — "No dice, Chicago" — and claims command as the plane runs out of fuel. With no chance of a safe landing, the ground crew readies the runway and the cabin prepares the passengers for a crash.

あらすじ

Running out of fuel, Striker overrides the tower's order and insists on landing. On the ground, Kramer and McCroskey doubt he can make it in the fog but acknowledge the plane is his to fly. The tower lights the field and stations emergency vehicles, while the cabin crew instructs passengers to assume crash positions.

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注目の表現

No dicethe foot's on the other handin the soupin charge

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このシーンの表現

No dice

not a chance

The cockpit flatly refuses the tower's order with two blunt words.

I asked for a refund, but no dice.

このシーンの他の表現

  • the foot's on the other hand

    a deliberately mangled idiom

  • in the soup

    lost in thick fog

  • in charge

    the one in control

  • assume crash positions

    brace for impact

  • get that plane down

    bring the plane down

このシーンのメモ一覧

57 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ

表現 · B2no dice

not a chance

The cockpit flatly refuses the tower's order with two blunt words.

No dice, Chicago.
発音No dice

Stress both words and keep a short, firm break.

No dice, Chicago.
表現 · B1give the orders

be the one commanding

I'm giving the orders, and we're coming in.
表現 · C1the shoe's on the other foot

a deliberately mangled idiom

Someone needles Kramer by garbling a well-known idiom on purpose.

I guess the foot's on the other hand now, isn't it, Kramer?
発音foot's on the

Run foot's on the together and soften the ts.

I guess the foot's on the other hand now, isn't it, Kramer?
表現 · B2in the soup

lost in thick fog

A pilot dismisses any chance of flying in through the thick fog he calls soup.

He'll never make it in this soup. Never, not one chance in a million.
表現 · B2one chance in a million

almost no chance

He'll never make it in this soup. Never, not one chance in a million.
表現 · B1be in charge

the one in control

When the pilot's judgment is questioned, someone points out that he is in charge now.

I know, I know. But it's his ship now. His command. He's in charge.
表現 · B2top dog

the big boss

One character rattles off a string of words for the man in charge until he is cut off.

He's the boss, head man, top dog, big cheese, - the head honcho, number... - Captain, look at this!
文法 · B2the boss, head man, top dog, big cheese

appositives: Stacked appositives all rename the same man, and the pile-up is the joke.

He's the boss, head man, top dog, big cheese, - the head honcho, number... - Captain, look at this!
スラング · B2big cheese

the big boss — Playful or mocking for the person in charge, not for formal use.

He's the boss, head man, top dog, big cheese, - the head honcho, number... - Captain, look at this!
表現 · B1get something down

bring the plane down

Someone ties the passengers' survival to Striker getting the plane down in time.

Now, there's a chance that we can save them if Striker can get that plane down in time.
文法 · B1if Striker can get that plane down in time

conditional clause: The if-clause carries the entire hope: the chance exists only if he lands in time.

Now, there's a chance that we can save them if Striker can get that plane down in time.
表現 · B1pour something onto something

flood light onto it

I want every light you can get poured onto that field.
表現 · B2assume crash positions

brace for impact

The cabin crew delivers the brace-for-impact instruction as routine safety talk.

In a moment, we'll ask you to assume crash positions.
表現 · A2be located under something

stored beneath it

Your life jackets are located under your seat.
表現 · B2give the word

give the signal

Place the jacket over your head, and when I give the word, pull the cord on the right-side flap.
表現 · B1be equipped with something

fitted with

The safety spiel notes that the seat cushions double as flotation devices.

Isn't that cute? - Your seat cushions are also equipped with a floatation device.
表現 · B2too erratic

too unsteady

Watch your altitude, Striker. You're too erratic.

「Assume Crash Positions」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene reverses the usual chain of command. McCroskey and Kramer have been giving orders all film, but now Striker holds the controls and answers with 'No dice, Chicago' — blunt, almost insubordinate, and entirely in the right. His gibe at Kramer, 'the foot's on the other hand,' mangles the idiom on purpose: the film signals that the old authority has flipped without ever letting Striker sound noble. Around that standoff, the film stacks its deadpan procedure: 'He'll never make it in this soup,' says one controller, stating the odds flatly, while another admits, 'it's his ship now. His command. He's in charge.' Then comes the safety announcement, 'In a moment, we'll ask you to assume crash positions,' delivered in the same calm voice as the drink service — comedy and dread in a single register.

Theme

CourageStriker takes the controls and defies the tower, betting everyone's lives on landing the plane himself.
AbsurdityA crash is announced in the same calm voice as the drinks service, while controllers trade lists of who is 'top dog.'

このチャプターで学べること

  • No dice is a two-word refusal stronger than no way.
  • The mangled idiom plays on the shoe's on the other foot.
  • In charge states who holds command and ends the debate.
  • Assume crash positions means brace for impact, not suppose anything.

発音のポイント

  • No dice — Stress both words and keep a short, firm break.
  • foot's on the — Run foot's on the together and soften the ts.
I guess the foot's on the other hand now, isn't it, Kramer?

Striker's gloating reversal of the idiom 'the boot is on the other foot' — he now gives the orders and Kramer must obey.

He'll never make it in this soup. Never, not one chance in a million.

A controller's flat verdict: the fog makes a safe landing almost impossible, stated without any comfort.

In a moment, we'll ask you to assume crash positions.

The cabin announcement that turns the emergency into procedure, warning passengers to brace for impact.

You know what a landing like this means.

Kramer's warning to Striker: a landing in these conditions is likely to be fatal, and Striker knows it.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Striker refuse the tower's order?

He knows the plane is running out of fuel and cannot stay up. He overrides the command and tells Chicago 'No dice' because landing is the only option left.

What does 'No dice' mean here?

It means no, not a chance. Striker uses it to reject the tower's order outright — a blunt refusal rather than a negotiation.

Why does Striker mention Kramer?

Kramer once gave him orders and doubted him. Now the positions are reversed — 'the foot's on the other hand' — and Striker, at the controls, reminds him of it.

What are the emergency vehicles doing?

The tower lights the field and stations airport vehicles, civilian equipment, and ambulances at numbered positions in case the plane crashes on landing.

What happens in the cabin before landing?

The crew demonstrates the life jackets and notes that the seat cushions are equipped with floatation devices, all in the standard safety-demo voice.

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