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Clerks II · 2006 — 第 4 / 16 章 · 3'04" · B2

Can't Be Friends With Your Boss, Explained：sow your wild oats

A worker waves at the boss and gets mocked for not greeting her at the door. What starts as a fight about workplace friendship turns into accusations about an affair, then a long, gleefully crude debate about what counts as acceptable. One line cuts to the chase: "You can't be friends with your boss."

あらすじ

At a fast-food restaurant, one worker waves at the boss as she arrives. Another worker turns the friendly gesture into a rule about workplace boundaries: "You can't be friends with your boss." The talk slides from an affair accusation into an extended, crude debate about a sexual practice, ending with one worker sent to restock napkin holders.

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ass-kissunrequitedsow your wild oatsbuck-wild

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このシーンの表現

sow your wild oats

to have casual affairs while young

The phrase dresses up a crude suggestion as old-fashioned male experience.

The old advice was simple: sow your wild oats first, then settle down.

このシーンの他の表現

  • ass-kiss

    a shameless flatterer

  • unrequited

    not returned or reciprocated

  • buck-wild

    wild and unrestrained

  • that's why

    so; that is why

  • pink and brown eyes

    a crude colour pun for genitals

このシーンのメモ一覧

75 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

文法 · B1before she gets in here

time clause: The before-clause sets the deadline: greet her ahead of her arrival.

And you've got to greet her before she gets in here, you fuckin' ass-kiss?
発音got to greet

Let got to blur together and stress greet.

And you've got to greet her before she gets in here, you fuckin' ass-kiss?
表現 · A2be friends with someone

to have a friendship with someone

You can't be friends with your boss.
表現 · B2something going on between A and B

there is some romantic or secret involvement here: an affair or romantic tension

I think there's something going on between you two.
表現 · B1an awful lot of something

a very large amount of

You spend an awful lot of time talking to her.
表現 · C1an unrequited crush on someone

an unreturned same-sex crush

And I've always maintained you're harboring an unrequited homosexual crush on me.
文法 · B2maintained you're harboring

object clause: The clause after maintained states the accusation as a formal claim.

And I've always maintained you're harboring an unrequited homosexual crush on me.
発音you're harboring

Keep you're light and let harboring carry the beat.

And I've always maintained you're harboring an unrequited homosexual crush on me.
表現 · B1keep telling someone something

to say the same thing repeatedly

That's what I keep telling you.
スラング · B2fucking around

sleeping with someone secretly — Vulgar and accusatory; avoid it at work or with strangers.

You're fucking around with the boss.
表現 · A2someone your own age

the same age as you

Why would you want to fuck around with a chick your own age, man?
スラング · B2chick

a young woman, often dismissive — Casual and often objectifying; do not use it for colleagues.

Why would you want to fuck around with a chick your own age, man?
表現 · B1stop in somewhere

to visit briefly on the way

If you've got to sow some of your wild oats, there's all these fine young chicks that stop in here after school.
表現 · B1cheat on someone

to be unfaithful to a partner

Secondly, if I was cheating on my fiancée, it wouldn't be with a teenager.
表現 · A2the best part of something

the most enjoyable aspect of something

The best part of this job is all the barely-legal pussy that comes in here.
スラング · C1barely-legal

just old enough to be legal — Sexualised and edgy; keep it out of formal writing.

The best part of this job is all the barely-legal pussy that comes in here.
表現 · B1look up to someone

to admire or respect someone

And they all look up to me, 'cause I've got a driver's license.
文法 · C1who's as buck-wild in bed as

relative clause: The relative clause narrows chick, while as ... as forces the age comparison.

You show me one 33-year-old chick who's as buck-wild in bed as her 17-year-old counterpart.
表現 · B2be up for anything

willing to try anything

They're up for anything.
表現 · B2when it comes to something

when the topic or issue is

I don't fuck around when it comes to ass to mouth.
スラング · C1horned up

sexually aroused — Vulgar and explicitly sexual; avoid it in public settings.

These young girls today get all horned up, and they tell you to go ass to mouth.
表現 · B2chow down on something

to eat eagerly; here used crudely for oral contact here: crude reference to oral contact

Well, when you're done chowing down on the no-no parts of your lover, you kiss him, right?
発音down on the

Link down on the, then slow down for no-no parts.

Well, when you're done chowing down on the no-no parts of your lover, you kiss him, right?
スラング · B2no-no parts

private parts — Childish and teasing; not for formal contexts.

Well, when you're done chowing down on the no-no parts of your lover, you kiss him, right?
文法 · B2made it a Randal job

object complement: The structure makes the chore belong to Randal; it points back to the crude comparison.

That comparison of pink and brown eyes just made it a Randal job.
スラング · B2Zing!

a mocking punchline hit — A playful jab among friends; avoid it in serious settings.

Zing!
表現 · B2firmly held beliefs about something

convictions someone refuses to give up

The speaker turns a crude personal rule into a grand principle while protesting a chore.

You're just making me restock the napkin holders because of my firmly held beliefs on the subject of ass to mouth.
表現 · B2on the subject of something

about or concerning a topic

You're just making me restock the napkin holders because of my firmly held beliefs on the subject of ass to mouth.
表現 · B2in the heat of the moment

when feelings are running high

The speaker sounds forgiving but uses the phrase to keep provoking the others.

but sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to go ass to mouth.
発音heat of the

Let the t in heat tap into of; stress forgivable.

but sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to go ass to mouth.

「Can't Be Friends With Your Boss」を読み解く

What's really going on

The surface fight is about a wave, but the real argument is who gets to define the relationship. One worker treats a boss like a friend and insists "It's called friendship"; the reply draws a hard line: "You can't be friends with your boss." The scene then does what this film likes doing: it takes a rule about hierarchy and drags it into bodily, deliberately inappropriate territory. The affair accusation matters less than the shift in power—once one worker names 'Becks,' the other seizes on the nickname as proof. From there, crude talk becomes a way to test who can stay unshaken, and the napkin-holder order turns the whole debate into a reminder that someone still has to do the shift work.

Theme

FriendshipThe argument asks whether workplace warmth is friendship or a hierarchy that must be performed, then turns crude jokes into a power test.
PowerA nickname and a napkin-holder order show who can define the relationship and who still has to obey.

発音のポイント

  • got to greet — Let got to blur together and stress greet.
  • you're harboring — Keep you're light and let harboring carry the beat.
  • down on the — Link down on the, then slow down for no-no parts.
  • heat of the — Let the t in heat tap into of; stress forgivable.
You can't be friends with your boss.

The line states a hard rule: a boss can be liked, but the relationship is still hierarchical, so friendliness has limits.

I spend an awful lot of time talking to you, too.

A defensive reply: if talking a lot to the boss looks suspicious, then talking a lot to this accuser would mean the same thing.

That comparison of pink and brown eyes just made it a Randal job.

The crude comparison is turned into a reason the chore falls to Randal: because of it, the napkin-holder job becomes his.

I could probably sue this whole corporation right now for sexual harassment.

A mock-legal complaint: the speaker frames the napkin-holder order as retaliation for a firmly held opinion about sex.

このシーンについての質問

Why does one worker get mocked for waving?

The wave is aimed at the boss before she comes inside. A line says she will be in here in 20 seconds, and the complaint is that the greeter should have greeted her before she got in.

Is the affair accusation backed up in the scene?

It stays an accusation. One line says "I think there's something going on between you two," and another says "You're fucking around with the boss." The reply points to a fiancée and a move to Florida, but the scene does not settle the truth.

What does "sow your wild oats" mean here?

It means to have a wild, promiscuous phase while young. Here it is used to suggest that if someone needs that phase, there are young women who stop in after school.

Why is someone sent to restock napkin holders?

Because of the crude comparison about pink and brown eyes. A line says that comparison "just made it a Randal job," turning the napkin-holder chore into a punishment.

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