Payin' drops the g and runs into you.
Whatever Harriman's payin' you ain't enough.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · 1969 — 第 3 / 12 章 · 2'30" · B1
The Posse Rides Out, Explained：head someone off
A town whips up a posse to chase the Hole in the Wall Gang, but the men keep finding reasons not to go: "How many of you can bring your own guns?" The tough talk quietly turns into a study of who actually wants to risk his neck, and who would rather just watch.
あらすじ
A crowd is gathered and told the Hole in the Wall Gang robbed the Flyer just outside town, so it falls to them to ride out and chase the gang down. They're asked to bring their own horses and guns, and the call for volunteers quickly exposes how few of them actually intend to go.
注目の表現
come out aheadget afterup to ushead someone off
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このシーンの表現
head someone off
cut someone off
One man proposes riding hard to cut the gang off before they reach their hideout.
Let's head 'em off at the pass.
このシーンの他の表現
- come out ahead
end up in profit
- get after
chase or pursue
- up to us
our responsibility now
- grow up
become an adult
- all alone
completely by oneself
このシーンのメモ一覧
32 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
is not, nonstandard — Nonstandard speech; keep it out of writing.
Whatever Harriman's payin' you ain't enough.a large amount of money
There ain't what I'd call a fortune in there, Butch.end up in profit
Counting the loot, Butch says he only cares that the job turns a profit.
Well, just so we come out ahead. That's the main thing.the most important part
Well, just so we come out ahead. That's the main thing.chase or pursue
Urging the town to form a posse, the speaker says it is their duty to get after the gang.
so that makes it our responsibility to get out there and get after them.provide your own
How many of you can bring your own guns?our responsibility now
With nobody willing to act, one man insists the responsibility falls on them.
Well... Come on, now. I think it's up to us to do something, don't you?tag question: The tag don't you invites agreement rather than asking a real question.
Well... Come on, now. I think it's up to us to do something, don't you?predicative clause: The why-clause is the predicate after is, naming the reason.
That's just exactly why we have got to hurry.cut someone off
One man proposes riding hard to cut the gang off before they reach their hideout.
If we get mounted up right now and get after them, maybe we could head 'em off.The t in mounted often flaps to a soft d sound in American speech.
If we get mounted up right now and get after them, maybe we could head 'em off.Head 'em off links into something like hay-dem-off.
Head 'em off? You crazy? We did that, they'd kill us.insane, foolish — A blunt spoken challenge; avoid in formal talk.
Head 'em off? You crazy? We did that, they'd kill us.escape punishment for
Well, I don't think we want to lie down and just let them get away with this...enjoy something hugely
Boy, I just eat this up with a spoon!wow, an interjection — A casual exclamation, not for formal settings.
Boy, I just eat this up with a spoon!a farewell event
- Who can forget it? - I'm giving him a sendoff, so come on.become an adult
An old man recalls dreaming of becoming a hero, a hope that now feels far away.
When I was a kid, I always thought I was gonna grow up to be a hero.infinitive phrase: Grow up to be links the growing to the identity it leads to.
When I was a kid, I always thought I was gonna grow up to be a hero.completely by oneself
The old man threatens to ride off by himself, daring the others to let him.
You want me to go, I'll go all alone and fight the Hole in the Wall Gang. Hell, that's fine with me.a mild swear — A mild swear; never use it in polite speech.
You want me to go, I'll go all alone and fight the Hole in the Wall Gang. Hell, that's fine with me.allow someone to do it
And you want your kids to know that you let me do that, that's fine with me!「The Posse Rides Out」を読み解く
What's really going on
The rally is less about justice than about getting someone else to do a dangerous job. The pitch keeps sweetening — bring your own horses, bring your own guns — while the crowd answers with stalls and excuses. "That's just exactly why we have got to hurry," the organizer insists, and someone shoots back, "Head 'em off? You crazy? We did that, they'd kill us." Even the grand line about growing up to be a hero collapses into a household fight: "Well, it's too late now." The legend of the West keeps bumping against the plain arithmetic of self-preservation, and nobody comes off looking like the hero they grew up wanting to be.
Theme
CourageMen are asked to ride after killers, and the gap between heroic talk and the urge to stay alive is the joke.
SatireA town recruits volunteers with grand speeches, then can't find anyone willing to bring a gun and actually go.
このチャプターで学べること
- A posse is really a test of who will step forward.
- Come out ahead cares about profit, not glory.
- The old man's hero dream shames the crowd into acting.
- Head them off means to cut them off before they escape.
発音のポイント
- payin' you — Payin' drops the g and runs into you.
- mounted up — The t in mounted often flaps to a soft d sound in American speech.
- Head 'em off — Head 'em off links into something like hay-dem-off.
When I was a kid, I always thought I was gonna grow up to be a hero.A grown man admitting the boyhood dream never came true — here it lands as self-pity in the middle of a fight, not a grand statement.
If we get mounted up right now and get after them, maybe we could head 'em off.The plan: mount up this minute, chase the gang, and cut them off before they reach Hole in the Wall.
Boy, I just eat this up with a spoon!Said by someone enjoying the argument as pure entertainment — to 'eat it up' is to relish something.
You want me to go, I'll go all alone and fight the Hole in the Wall Gang. Hell, that's fine with me.A guilt trip disguised as bravado: he'll go alone and die, and the other person will have to live with having allowed it.
このシーンについての質問
Why do so few men volunteer for the posse?
They're being asked to chase the Hole in the Wall Gang — the men who just robbed the Flyer — with their own horses and guns. Most know the gang is dangerous and half a day ahead, so the speech does more arm-twisting than convincing.
Who is paying for the manhunt, and why does it matter?
Harriman's money is behind the effort, and one line mocks it: whatever Harriman is paying, it isn't enough for the risk. It's a paid job dressed up as civic duty.
What war is the piano player going off to fight?
The war with Spain. The line "Remember the Maine" refers to the 1898 Spanish-American War, which dates the scene and explains the patriotic sendoff.
What does 'eat this up with a spoon' mean?
It means to enjoy something hugely, to lap it up. Here someone is savoring the whole argument like free entertainment, which makes the anger around him funnier.
Why does the talk about growing up to be a hero start a fight?
Because it turns into a threat: he says he'll go alone and that the other person will have to answer for letting him die. The dream becomes a weapon in an argument about whether he should go at all.
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