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Clue · 1985 — 第 9 / 17 章 · 2'36" · B2

Wadsworth Won't Say Yes or No, Explained：make an omelet

The guests need a straight answer: is there anyone else in the house? Wadsworth answers 'no', then says his 'no' means yes, so nobody can tell if they are being warned or mocked. Under the wordplay sits the fear that one of them is the killer.

あらすじ

The body count is up to two, and Wadsworth will not let anyone leave. When the guests demand to know whether someone else is hiding in the house, he answers 'No,' then clarifies that his 'no' means yes, turning the question into a running gag. The group finally agrees to search in pairs.

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no meaning yesin this togethermake an omelettake a chance

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このシーンの表現

make an omelet

gain requires sacrifice

The colonel argues that finding the killer requires risk, and reaches for a kitchen image.

You can't make an omelet if you refuse to crack any eggs.

このシーンの他の表現

  • no meaning yes

    a no that means yes

  • in this together

    sharing the same problem

  • take a chance

    risk it

  • straight answer

    a clear reply

  • right mind

    sane and sensible

このシーンのメモ一覧

65 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · B1have got to know

must find out

We've got to know who did it. We're all in this together now.
表現 · B2be in this together

sharing the same problem

Nobody can leave, so the group decides they are stuck with the same problem.

We've got to know who did it. We're all in this together now.
発音got to know

The t sounds flap, so got to comes out close to godda.

We've got to know who did it. We're all in this together now.
表現 · B1make someone sorry

make you regret it

Wadsworth, I'll make you sorry you ever started this.
表現 · B1in one's right mind

sane and sensible

Mrs. White hints at a threat, and the answer mocks her instead of taking it seriously.

Mrs. White, no man in his right mind would be alone together with you.
表現 · A2could use something

would like

Well, I could use a drink.
発音could use a

Could use a links into one smooth sound.

Well, I could use a drink.
表現 · A2pay attention

listen carefully

Pay attention, everybody.
表現 · A2nobody else

no other person

Wadsworth, am I right in thinking there is nobody else in this house?
表現 · B1a straight answer

a clear reply

After a run of confusing answers, someone demands a reply that goes straight to the point.

Look. I want a straight answer.
表現 · A2yes or no

give a clear choice

Is there someone else or isn't there, yes or no?
発音isn't there

The t in isn't often drops before there.

Is there someone else or isn't there, yes or no?
表現 · B2get suspicious

become doubtful

If we throw him out, he may get even more suspicious.
表現 · B1if I were someone

if I were in his place

If I were him, I'd be suspicious already.
文法 · B2If I were him

subjunctive were: Were instead of was marks an imagined, contrary-to-fact situation.

If I were him, I'd be suspicious already.
表現 · A2lock someone up

held under lock

Let him stay locked up for another half an hour.
表現 · A2split up

separate into groups

We split up and search the house.
文法 · C1whichever one of us is left

whichever clause: The whichever-clause is the subject, meaning whoever ends up in that role.

If we split up into pairs, whichever one of us is left with the killer might get killed.
表現 · C1something is inevitable

losses cannot be avoided

This is war, Peacock. Casualties are inevitable.
文法 · B1without breaking eggs

without + gerund: Without plus a gerund names the cost that must come first.

You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.
表現 · A2go with someone

accompany me

Will anyone go with me?

「Wadsworth Won't Say Yes or No」を読み解く

What's really going on

On the surface this is a comedy of miscommunication, but the confusion is also a power play. Wadsworth keeps the group off balance because a clear answer would give away his control: 'We're all in this together now,' he insists, then threatens that anyone who leaves will be named a murderer. Colonel Mustard turns the danger into arithmetic — 'You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs' — as if sacrificing a partner were a fair price. Mrs. Peacock and the others push back, but nobody offers a better plan. The jokes and the threat are the same sentence.

Theme

TrustTrapped together and unable to trust the answer they get, the guests must decide whether to search alone or in pairs.
Dark humorTwo corpses and a coming police visit are played for laughs, especially the 'no means yes' wordplay.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A simple yes or no can be the hardest answer in the room.
  • In this together is a promise, not a fact, when nobody trusts anyone.
  • The omelet proverb makes sacrifice sound like cooking.
  • Military talk turns a parlor into a battlefield.

発音のポイント

  • got to know — The t sounds flap, so got to comes out close to godda.
  • could use a — Could use a links into one smooth sound.
  • isn't there — The t in isn't often drops before there.
You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.

A proverb: you cannot achieve something without accepting a loss. Mustard uses it to say that if searching in pairs costs a life, that is a fair price.

This is war, Peacock. Casualties are inevitable.

Mustard frames the search as a battle where someone may die, brushing off Peacock's objection that a partner could be killed.

If I were him, I'd be suspicious already.

Whoever is locked up would already suspect something is wrong, so keeping him or throwing him out both look bad.

Mrs. White, no man in his right mind would be alone together with you.

A rude put-down: it implies no sane man would want to be alone with Mrs. White, deflating her threat about getting him alone.

このシーンについての質問

Why won't Wadsworth let anyone leave the house?

He says they have to find out who did it, then threatens that anyone who walks out will be accused of both murders.

Why does Wadsworth answer 'no' when he means 'yes'?

It is deliberate. Keeping the guests confused stops them from leaving, and his evasiveness becomes the joke that drives the scene.

Who suggests splitting up to search the house?

Colonel Mustard, who calls for doing it in proper military fashion and sends everyone off in pairs.

What does 'you cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs' mean here?

It is an old proverb about accepting a cost to reach a goal. Mustard uses it to justify the risk that one of each pair might be killed.

Is there actually someone else in the house?

Wadsworth insists there is not, then says his 'no' means yes, so the guests never get a clean answer.

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