damn it — A mild swear for frustration; avoid it in polite company.
Dammit!Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · 1969 — 第 8 / 12 章 · 2'49" · B1
Butch and Sundance Jump Off a Cliff, Explained：the way I figure it
Two outlaws are cornered above a river with no good options left, and their escape plan turns on a confession: "I can't swim!" The comedy comes from the timing — the fear surfaces only seconds before the jump, when arguing is already pointless and gravity has the deciding vote.
あらすじ
Butch and Sundance are trapped at the top of a canyon by a pursuing posse, weighing whether to fight or surrender. When both choices mean death or jail, they decide to jump into the river below — but only then does Sundance admit he can't swim.
注目の表現
starve us outthe way I figure itcount onlet go of
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このシーンの表現
the way I figure it
the way I see it
Butch opens with the way I figure it, then counts out two options like a ledger.
The way I figure it, we should wait another week before deciding.
このシーンの他の表現
- starve us out
force out by cutting supplies
- count on
rely on
- let go of
release your grip
- squished to death
crushed flat
- are you crazy
have you lost your mind
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36 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
the way I see it
Butch opens with the way I figure it, then counts out two options like a ledger.
The way I figure it, we can either fight or give.force out by cutting supplies
Butch warns that the posse can simply wait and starve us out instead of attacking.
But if we fight, they can stay right where they are and starve us out.move to a better spot
Or go for position, shoot us. Might even get a rock slide started and get us that way.dropped subject: The subject they is dropped, a common shortcut in fast spoken English.
Or go for position, shoot us. Might even get a rock slide started and get us that way.rely on
Butch raises the idea of surrender, then says he would not count on that.
They could surrender, but I wouldn't count on that.somewhere such as
Kid, the next time I say let's go someplace like Bolivia, let's go someplace like Bolivia.Let's go someplace runs together, with the p nearly lost.
Kid, the next time I say let's go someplace like Bolivia, let's go someplace like Bolivia.crushed flat
Butch claims the jump will be fine, unless they are squished to death on the rocks.
- Like hell we will. - No, it'll be OK, if we're not squished to death. They'll never follow us.crushed flat — Very casual; keep it out of formal writing.
- Like hell we will. - No, it'll be OK, if we're not squished to death. They'll never follow us.if it were not required
- How do you know? - Would you jump if you didn't have to?unreal conditional: The past tense in the if clause marks an unreal present condition.
- How do you know? - Would you jump if you didn't have to?or else we die
- I have to and I'm not gonna. - Well, we got to, otherwise we're dead.connective adverb: Otherwise links the clause to its consequence, meaning or else.
- I have to and I'm not gonna. - Well, we got to, otherwise we're dead.in the same manner
They'll just have to go back the same way they come.manner clause: The same way introduces how they must return; the following clause drops that.
They'll just have to go back the same way they come.them — A clipped them used in fast speech; too loose for formal talk.
- Why? - I wanna fight 'em!The t in can't often drops before swim, which can sound like can swim.
I can't swim!have you lost your mind
Butch answers Sundance's fear with are you crazy, since the fall is what should scare him.
Why, are you crazy? The fall will probably kill ya!you — A casual spoken form of you, used among friends.
Why, are you crazy? The fall will probably kill ya!Can't help it links into one blur, almost can-hel-pit.
- You're drownin' me! - I can't help it! I can't swim!if I drown
I'm tellin' you, if I drown, I swear I'll kill you!a strong swimmer
Never said I was a great swimmer.release your grip
In the water they grapple, and Butch chokes out let go of my throat at the drowning Sundance.
Kid, let go of my throat!「Butch and Sundance Jump Off a Cliff」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a running joke about how little control these two have over their own legend. They talk through the ambush like tacticians — "they can stay right where they are and starve us out" — and keep answering bad options with jokes. Sundance would rather go down shooting: "Why? I wanna fight 'em!" Butch would sooner take the water. The punchline is that the choice between fighting and fleeing is settled by neither courage nor fear, but by a man who agrees to leap off a cliff and only then mentions he can't swim. Even their escape becomes a farce, and they survive it by hanging onto each other and bickering the whole way down.
Theme
SurvivalTwo men cornered with only bad options gamble on a jump, choosing the risk of drowning over certain capture.
FriendshipThey bicker and nearly drown each other, yet survive the leap by literally holding on to one another.
このチャプターで学べること
- Butch's calm math makes the trap feel worse.
- The joke lands because the confession comes too late.
- Real fear in the water sounds nothing like a movie line.
- Repeating the Bolivia line turns regret into a catchphrase.
発音のポイント
- let's go someplace — Let's go someplace runs together, with the p nearly lost.
- can't swim — The t in can't often drops before swim, which can sound like can swim.
- I can't help it — Can't help it links into one blur, almost can-hel-pit.
The way I figure it, we can either fight or give.He lays out the hole they're in without drama: only two doors, a fight or a surrender, and neither one is good.
Kid, the next time I say let's go someplace like Bolivia, let's go someplace like Bolivia.A callback to an earlier bad decision — next time a destination like Bolivia comes up, actually go there, because it landed them in this desert.
Why, are you crazy? The fall will probably kill ya!The reassurance is not comforting: jumping will probably kill you, so don't worry about the swimming — which is exactly the joke.
They could surrender, but I wouldn't count on that.Dry, deadpan strategy: technically the posse could give up, but no one should build a plan on it.
このシーンについての質問
Why do they decide to jump instead of fight?
A fight means being pinned down, starved out, or shot, and surrender means jail. The river is the only option that isn't certain death, so they gamble on the fall.
Why does Sundance wait until the last second to say he can't swim?
He's stalling and picking a fight over the whole plan. He'd rather stay and shoot it out, so the confession comes out only when Butch is already committed to jumping, making it impossible to back out.
How do they survive the jump if Sundance can't swim?
Butch drags him through the water while Sundance panics and clings to him, half-drowning the both of them. They make it to shore, but not before a lot of choking and threats.
What does 'starve us out' mean?
It means to surround someone and cut off their supplies until hunger forces them to surrender. Butch is describing how the posse can simply wait at the top and let the two of them run out of food.
Is the 'I can't swim' line a joke about the characters?
It plays on their dynamic: the cool, competent outlaw admits a very ordinary fear at the worst possible moment. Butch's reply — "The fall will probably kill ya" — turns the panic into a punchline rather than a rescue.
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