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Bad Boys · 1983 — 第 9 / 9 章 · 2'40" · B1

Horowitz Gets Called the Wrong Name, Explained：ready to blow

A cleaning detail turns into a fight, and the block argues about who started it while bets are placed. Then the name-calling starts, and tempers flare around Moreno and O'Brien. What looks like a petty argument is exactly the tension the staff already fear: "'Cause this thing's ready to blow any minute."

あらすじ

A fight breaks out during a cleaning detail, and the inmates argue over who started it while others bet on the outcome. Meanwhile, staff worry that a transfer for Paco Moreno is taking too long and that the tension is about to explode. Later, a name mix-up turns into open insults and threats.

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注目の表現

fuck yougive a handsquealerready to blow

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このシーンの表現

ready to blow

about to explode

Someone warns the whole situation could explode at any moment.

The whole yard felt ready to blow after the fight.

このシーンの他の表現

  • fuck you

    a crude insult

  • give a hand

    help someone

  • squealer

    an informer

  • keep an eye on

    watch someone carefully

  • lip shits

    a crude pun on the name Lipschitz

このシーンのメモ一覧

37 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2clean something up

tidy something up

Hey! Clean it up!
表現 · A2give someone a hand

some help

Give your partner a hand, man.
表現 · B1start something

began the trouble

Horowitz started this shit. Come on, who started this shit?
発音started this

The t in started this often flaps or drops.

Horowitz started this shit. Come on, who started this shit?
発音How's it going

How's it going often weakens into how-zit-going.

- How's it going? - It's going.
表現 · B1any word yet on something

any news yet

Any word yet on the Paco Moreno transfer?
表現 · B1haven't heard yet

no news so far

I haven't heard yet.
表現 · B2ready to blow

about to explode

Someone warns the whole situation could explode at any moment.

'Cause this thing's ready to blow any minute.
表現 · B1any minute now

at any moment

'Cause this thing's ready to blow any minute.
表現 · B1see what one can do

try to help

I'll see what I can do.
表現 · B2in the meantime

meanwhile

In the meantime, you just have to keep an eye on 'em.
表現 · B1keep an eye on someone

watch someone carefully

Mick is told to watch the troublemakers until things settle down.

In the meantime, you just have to keep an eye on 'em.
発音keep an eye on

Keep an eye on runs together as one chunk.

In the meantime, you just have to keep an eye on 'em.
文法 · B2what I do to squealers

noun clause: The what-clause is the object of know: the thing he does to them.

You know what I do to squealers?
スラング · B2squealers

informers — Prison slang, thrown at someone as a threat.

You know what I do to squealers?
表現 · B2let someone have it

attack someone hard

I let them have it in the belly,
表現 · B1I heard it was something

I was told it was

I heard it was Lipschitz.
文法 · B2if your lip shits

conditional clause: The if-clause sets up a fake condition to trap the other boy.

Yeah. And if your lip shits, what's your asshole gonna do?
表現 · B1keep it up

carry on

That's really brilliant. Just keep it up, assholes.
スラング · B1assholes

jerks — A crude insult traded between angry people.

That's really brilliant. Just keep it up, assholes.
表現 · B1do something about it

act on it

Oh, yeah? And what are you gonna do about it, huh?
スラング · B2eat shit and die

a vicious curse — Extreme profanity, never used in polite company.

Yeah. Well, eat shit and die, O'Brien!
表現 · A2bad for your health

harmful to your health

An older inmate hands over a cigarette while joking that it harms your health.

You better smoke, you little... It's bad for your health.

「Horowitz Gets Called the Wrong Name」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is about pressure looking for a release. A trivial chore becomes a fight, and the first thing everyone wants to know is who is to blame — "who started this shit?" — because blame is the block's real currency. Bets go down on the violence as if it were a sport. Above the inmates, the staff are just as tense: they admit the whole situation is "ready to blow any minute" and their only instruction is to keep watching. The name mix-up then becomes a trigger, and the argument is less about a surname than about status — being called the wrong name, and refusing to accept it, is how a fight begins. By the end, insults are aimed straight at O'Brien, and the threat has moved from talk to open confrontation.

Theme

PowerBlame, bets and name-calling all sort the inmates, and staff admit they can only watch the pressure build.
IdentityBeing called the wrong name is taken as an insult, because in the block a name is standing and respect.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A misheard name can become a weapon.
  • Keep an eye on someone means watch them closely.
  • Ready to blow describes pressure, not a real bomb.
  • Squealer is a dangerous word in prison talk.

発音のポイント

  • started this — The t in started this often flaps or drops.
  • How's it going — How's it going often weakens into how-zit-going.
  • keep an eye on — Keep an eye on runs together as one chunk.
Horowitz started this shit. Come on, who started this shit?

The block's first instinct: assign blame. The repeated demand shows that starting a fight is a status claim, and everyone wants the credit or the fault named.

- How's it going? - It's going.

A greeting that gives nothing away. In a place this tense, the answer is deliberately neutral, an admission that things are neither fine nor openly bad.

'Cause this thing's ready to blow any minute.

A staff member's assessment of the situation. It names the danger without proposing a solution, which is exactly why the tension keeps growing.

In the meantime, you just have to keep an eye on 'em.

The only instruction offered: watch and wait. It shows how little power the staff feel they have to stop what is coming.

Yeah. And if your lip shits, what's your asshole gonna do?

A crude pun on the name Lipschitz. Horowitz turns the mispronunciation into an attack, showing that in this block even a joke has to be answered.

Oh, yeah? And what are you gonna do about it, huh?

The challenge that keeps the fight alive. It refuses any de-escalation and dares the other man to turn words into action.

You better smoke, you little... It's bad for your health.

A joke that turns a threat into health advice at the last second. The humour shows how the inmates defuse and provoke at the same time.

このシーンについての質問

How does the fight in the dorm start?

A cleaning detail turns into a scuffle, and the inmates immediately argue about who is responsible. One of them names Horowitz as the one who started it, and bets follow.

Why are the staff worried?

They are waiting on a transfer for Paco Moreno, and with him still in the block, they say the situation is ready to blow. Their only plan is to keep an eye on the inmates.

Why does the name mix-up cause trouble?

Someone calls Horowitz 'Lipschitz,' and he takes it as an insult. He corrects it sharply, and the argument over the surname escalates into open threats.

Who does the anger finally turn on?

O'Brien. After the name fight, Moreno and others confront him directly, and the threats are now aimed at him. The tension the staff feared has finally surfaced.

Bad Boys · 全 9 章

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