share a trait
Ladies and gentlemen, you all have one thing in common.Clue · 1985 — 第 3 / 17 章 · 3'01" · B2
Wadsworth Reveals the Blackmail, Explained：in the same boat
Wadsworth gathers the guests and drops the premise of the whole night: "You're all being blackmailed." What looks like a group announcement becomes a roll call of secrets, as he proves each denial wrong — including the one coughed up by a double negative.
あらすじ
In the mansion's study, Wadsworth tells the assembled guests that they share one thing: they are all being blackmailed by someone none of them can identify. He then proves it, reciting each guest's secret in turn. Denials collapse, an accidental double negative convicts one guest, and the group turns on itself.
注目の表現
an open bookin the same boatit stinksgave yourself away
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このシーンの表現
in the same boat
sharing the same trouble
The butler ties everyone together as fellow sufferers before listing their secrets.
We're all in the same boat, so let's help each other.
このシーンの他の表現
- an open book
nothing hidden at all
- it stinks
it seems dishonest
- gave yourself away
revealed your own secret
- house of ill fame
a dated euphemism for a brothel
- came into money
inherited a sum of money
このシーンのメモ一覧
60 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
be extorted by someone
You're all being blackmailed.You're all runs together; the stress lands on blackmailed.
You're all being blackmailed.warn that one will reveal
to someone who threatens to expose you, and none of you know who's blackmailing you. Do you?nothing hidden at all
Named in front of everyone, Mrs. Peacock insists her life has nothing to hide.
My life is an open book. I've never done anything wrong.sharing the same trouble
The butler ties everyone together as fellow sufferers before listing their secrets.
As everyone here is in the same boat, there's no harm in my revealing some details.Link there's no and run into harm.
As everyone here is in the same boat, there's no harm in my revealing some details.save someone from
Don't you think you might spare us this humiliation.focus on a field
Professor Plum, you were once a professor of psychiatry, specializing in helping paranoid and homicidal lunatics suffering from delusions of grandeur.participle phrase: The -ing phrase adds detail about what he did back then.
Professor Plum, you were once a professor of psychiatry, specializing in helping paranoid and homicidal lunatics suffering from delusions of grandeur.mad people — A harsh old word; never use it to label a real person.
Professor Plum, you were once a professor of psychiatry, specializing in helping paranoid and homicidal lunatics suffering from delusions of grandeur.present perfect: The present perfect stresses that nothing has changed up to now.
No, your work has not changed. But you don't practice medicine at the UN.official permit to work
His license to practice has been lifted. Correct?as payment for
How then do you justify taking bribes in return for delivering your husband.through the gap below a door
But if the payment is delivered by slipping used greenbacks in plain envelopes under the door of the men's room, how would you describe that transaction?passive voice: The passive is delivered hides the giver and puts the shady method in focus.
But if the payment is delivered by slipping used greenbacks in plain envelopes under the door of the men's room, how would you describe that transaction?Under the links into one unit before door.
But if the payment is delivered by slipping used greenbacks in plain envelopes under the door of the men's room, how would you describe that transaction?dollar bills — Dated American slang for cash; too loose for formal writing.
But if the payment is delivered by slipping used greenbacks in plain envelopes under the door of the men's room, how would you describe that transaction?it seems dishonest
Asked to describe a shady payment, a guest answers that the whole thing stinks.
I'd say it stinks.keep it away from the press
But you've been paying blackmail for over a year now to keep that story out of the papers.supply someone with
Well, to be perfectly frank, I run a specialized hotel and a telephone service which provides gentlemen with the company of a young lady for a short while.revealed your own secret
A muddled denial betrays the speaker, and Professor Plum points out the slip at once.
That sounds like a confession to me. In fact, the double negative has led to proof positive. I'm afraid you gave yourself away.humiliate someone
Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests?inherited a sum of money
Challenged over his expensive car, the colonel says the money came to him after his parents died.
I don't. I came into money during the war when I lost my mommy and daddy.「Wadsworth Reveals the Blackmail」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene's joke is that everyone here is guilty of something, and Wadsworth makes sure they know it. He treats the blackmail as common ground — 'As everyone here is in the same boat, there's no harm in my revealing some details' — and uses it as license to lay out each guest's secret. The denials are the best part: a guest insists 'My life is an open book,' only for Wadsworth to describe envelopes of cash slipped under a men's room door. When another admits, 'I'm being blackmailed all right. But I did what I'm being blackmailed for,' the room's politeness finally breaks. Wadsworth isn't just informing them; he's proving none of them can object.
Theme
SecretsA group of guests is forced to admit the hidden things that make them vulnerable, until secrets become the evening's only currency.
DeceptionEveryone has something to hide, and Wadsworth exposes each denial by turning the guests' own words against them.
このチャプターで学べること
- Shared guilt is what finally binds this table together.
- A denial can convict the speaker more than a slip.
- Polite phrases here cut deeper than open insults.
- Old euphemisms keep ugly subjects almost respectable.
発音のポイント
- You're all — You're all runs together; the stress lands on blackmailed.
- there's no — Link there's no and run into harm.
- under the — Under the links into one unit before door.
As everyone here is in the same boat, there's no harm in my revealing some details.Wadsworth's pretext: since they are all equally compromised, he can expose each of them without being refused.
I'm being blackmailed all right. But I did what I'm being blackmailed for.A rare honest answer: this guest admits the accusation is true instead of denying it, breaking the room's pretense.
I don't. I came into money during the war when I lost my mommy and daddy.Colonel Mustard's excuse for the expensive car — an inheritance whose timing he delivers almost childishly.
My life is an open book. I've never done anything wrong.Mrs. Peacock's claim of total innocence, the exact kind of denial Wadsworth sets out to dismantle.
このシーンについての質問
Who is blackmailing the guests?
The guests don't know, and that is Wadsworth's point — 'none of you know who's blackmailing you.' The scene sets up the mystery rather than answering it.
Does everyone admit being blackmailed?
No. One guest denies it outright and another admits it. One guest insists on total innocence, and Colonel Mustard protests that his money came from an inheritance.
Why does Wadsworth expose everyone's secrets?
He says his instructions are to do so, and that since they are all in the same boat there's no harm. The effect is to put every guest in his debt.
What did Professor Plum do to get blackmailed?
He lost his license to practice medicine. Wadsworth alludes to it when he asks the room what doctors aren't allowed to do with their lady patients.
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第 1 章break the iceMrs. Peacock Breaks the Ice
第 2 章over my dead bodyGuests Arrive at the Mansion
再生中 · 第 3 章in the same boatWadsworth Reveals the Blackmail
第 4 章behind barsBoddy Is the Blackmailer
第 5 章over his dead bodyMr. Boddy Is Found Dead
第 6 章preyed on my mindWadsworth Explains Why He Gathered Them
第 7 章defence mechanismMr. Boddy's Body Disappears
第 8 章overkillLocking Up the Weapons
第 9 章make an omeletWadsworth Won't Say Yes or No
第 10 章a likely storyTrapped in the Secret Passage
第 11 章nothing to hideUnexpected Guest Asks to Use the Phone
第 12 章step by stepWadsworth Reconstructs the Evening
第 13 章get your hands onWadsworth Reveals the Secret Passage
第 14 章hold something over someoneWadsworth's Black Market Confession
第 15 章whistling DixieWadsworth Recaps the Murders
第 16 章a red herringWadsworth Reveals He's the Killer
第 17 章fatal mistakeWadsworth Counts the Last Bullet第 3 / 17 章 · 残り約 41 分