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American Hustle · 2013 — 第 7 / 20 章 · 2'47" · B2

The Deal Gets Too Big, Explained：out of his league

The surface fight is about budgets, hotel suites, and whether a sheik's money can bring a mayor in. Underneath, it's about who controls the deal: one line insists, "you got no choice, you work for me."

あらすじ

A group argues over a plan that keeps expanding: bringing in politicians, a sheik, a hotel suite, and $2 million parked with the Bureau. Budgets, control, and who is playing whom all come to a head.

NegotiationArgumentsConfrontingThreateningBoss & employeeB2fastamerican
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power-drunkbig shotshit all overfrom the feet up

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このシーンの表現

out of his league

below the level; outmatched

A cool instruction on how to rattle a local politician — make him feel smaller than the room he walked into.

He walked into the room and immediately felt out of his league.

このシーンの他の表現

  • power-drunk

    intoxicated by a little power

  • big shot

    a self-important VIP

  • shit all over

    to trash or trample something

  • from the feet up

    from the very bottom, all the way up

  • pin something on someone

    to attach something (blame, hopes) to someone

このシーンのメモ一覧

61 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B1stay small

to keep the operation small

We succeeded because we stayed small.
表現 · B1have no choice

to have no option

You're going to do this because you got no choice, you work for me.
表現 · B1change the rules

to change how the game is played

Now, you keep changing the rules.
表現 · B2have vision

to see the bigger picture

He's got vision. Do it heavy or don't do it.
スラング · C1the fuck

an angry intensifier meaning on earth — Only in heated talk with people you know well; never in public or at work.

How the fuck am I ruining America?
表現 · B2get over something

to recover from something

Because people just got over Watergate and Vietnam, all right, and you're going to shit all over politicians again?
発音got over

Let the end of 'got' slide straight into 'over' — they land as one chunk.

Because people just got over Watergate and Vietnam, all right, and you're going to shit all over politicians again?
表現 · A2get a promotion

to move up at work

And just because you want to be a big shot, get a promotion.
スラング · B2big shot

a self-important somebody — Fine among friends mocking a show-off; don't aim it at your boss.

And just because you want to be a big shot, get a promotion.
表現 · B1think big

to plan on a large scale

No. I'm thinking big, all right?
表現 · B2video surveillance

camera monitoring

We're doing video surveillance.
文法 · B2too much government attitude to be

too...to construction: Too much X to be Y means X makes Y impossible; his government habits rule out small and sleek.

You will never do it properly because you got too much government attitude to be small and sleek.
発音in and I'm

Two hard beats on 'in' and 'out'; everything between them is filler.

I'm in and I'm out.
表現 · B2the art of doing something

the craft of becoming something

That's the fucking art of becoming somebody who people can pin their beliefs and their dreams on.
文法 · C1who people can pin their beliefs and their dreams on

stranded preposition: The relative clause leaves 'on' at the end; formal English would front it as 'on whom'.

That's the fucking art of becoming somebody who people can pin their beliefs and their dreams on.
表現 · B2backdoor dealings

secret, off-the-books deals

Carmine does backdoor dealings all the time. We don't have a...
表現 · B1got a budget for something

to have money set aside

We don't got a budget for that, Irving.
表現 · B1be unheard of

never known to happen

What you're offering, this deal, I mean, this is unheard of
表現 · B1hundreds of millions of

several hundred million

A sheik with hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild Atlantic City, are you fucking kidding me'?
表現 · B2park money (in an account)

to park funds temporarily park is used financially here: to leave funds sitting in an account

We got the Bureau to park $2 million for three days.
文法 · B2got the Bureau to park

causative get: get someone to do something means you made it happen; here the Bureau was made to park the money.

We got the Bureau to park $2 million for three days.
発音What are you

Blur the three opening words together and save the beat for 'do'.

What are you going to do?
発音It'd be

The d in 'It'd' mostly vanishes — listen for a short 'it' before 'be'.

It'd be very bad for you if you're playing me.
表現 · B1decide for yourself

to make your own call

You're going to have to decide for yourself, kid.
スラング · B1kid

kid, used as an address — An older speaker putting a younger one in his place; too condescending for strangers.

You're going to have to decide for yourself, kid.

「The Deal Gets Too Big」を読み解く

What's really going on

The argument is not really about a hotel suite. Every objection is about scale and control: one side warns "you keep changing the rules," while the other says "you got no choice, you work for me." The most telling move comes when the money is already in place — "We already did it" — and the reply turns suspicion into a threat: "It'd be very bad for you if you're playing me." The scene keeps returning to who gets to decide, who gets kept in the dark, and whether a bigger deal is vision or vanity. By the last line, "I just laid everything out on the table," the table is less a place of honesty than a challenge: now you choose.

Theme

PowerThe fight keeps circling who gets to set the rules and who has to fall in line.
DeceptionA deal built on hidden money and suspicion turns every friendly line into a test.

発音のポイント

  • got over — Let the end of 'got' slide straight into 'over' — they land as one chunk.
  • in and I'm — Two hard beats on 'in' and 'out'; everything between them is filler.
  • What are you — Blur the three opening words together and save the beat for 'do'.
  • It'd be — The d in 'It'd' mostly vanishes — listen for a short 'it' before 'be'.
We succeeded because we stayed small.

The old rule was to stay small; the moment the operation grows, that success formula is being abandoned.

He's got vision. Do it heavy or don't do it.

A defense of going all in: the person has vision, so either commit fully or do not do it at all.

He's got to feel like he's out of his league.

The aim is to make the politician feel outmatched, so he sees the people across the table as bigger than him.

Because to get millions, you need millions.

Big money requires big money up front; without it, the meeting cannot happen.

I just laid everything out on the table.

Everything has been made visible; the other person now has to decide what to do.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the plan keep getting bigger?

Because the people pushing it want politicians, a sheik, and a luxury hotel, while someone else warns that they "got no budget for that." The argument is over whether scale is vision or just a status grab.

What does "park $2 million" mean?

It means leaving the money in an account for a set time. The line says the Bureau was asked to park $2 million for three days, and the account numbers were already obtained.

Why does the money already being in place change the fight?

Because it means the move was made without everyone at the table knowing. One line asks, "You did that without me?" and another says, "We already did it."

Why bring up Watergate and Vietnam?

The objection is that people have just got over Watergate and Vietnam, so dragging politicians into another scandal would be the wrong move. The line asks why anyone would "shit all over politicians again."

Is the warning "It'd be very bad for you" a threat?

It works like one. The line sets a condition — "if you're playing me" — and then spells out the consequence, so the calm phrasing makes it more threatening, not less.

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