damn (British) — British intensifier; too crude for formal settings.
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Sidney Rants About Being Written Out, Explained：add insult to injury
Sidney comes home from the worst opening night of his life and lets it all out: four flops in a row, and the admission that he is written out. Myra tries to comfort a man who cannot be comforted. Then he shows her a student's manuscript and wonders, "Is it really that good?"
あらすじ
After a disastrous opening night, playwright Sidney Bruhl returns to his country house and unloads on his wife, Myra: his last four plays were flops, and he is convinced he has lost it. Then he shows her a manuscript sent by Clifford Anderson, a student from his seminar, and reads the flattering letter aloud.
注目の表現
no small boastwritten outadd insult to injuryson of a bitch
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このシーンの表現
add insult to injury
make a bad thing worse
Already humiliated and exhausted, Sidney is about to describe one more blow.
Losing my wallet, then my keys, really added insult to injury.
このシーンの他の表現
- no small boast
quite a claim
- written out
have no more ideas
- son of a bitch
a strong insult
- couldn't hurt it
could not damage it
このシーンのメモ一覧
63 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ
experienced and survived
I have been through the worst opening night of my life...present perfect: The present perfect stresses a past ordeal whose effect is still with him now.
I have been through the worst opening night of my life...Have been is usually reduced to a soft v-bin in fast speech.
I have been through the worst opening night of my life...ride in a limousine
Why didn't you take a limousine?one after another
Myra, I have had four bombs in a row!Link four bombs in a so the words run into one another.
Myra, I have had four bombs in a row!flops — Showbiz slang for a total flop.
Myra, I have had four bombs in a row!were awful — Casual and harsh; fine between friends, not in reviews.
And you know, they deserved to bomb, because they stank!passive voice: The passive makes him the one emptied out, not the one who ran out of ideas.
Murder Most Fair was total shit! Because I'm written out.complete garbage — Vulgar; use it only to recognise the tone, never in public.
Murder Most Fair was total shit! Because I'm written out.be good enough
I can no longer cut it, my darling.faint
I passed out in the train, and I came to in the terminus at Montauk.regain consciousness
I passed out in the train, and I came to in the terminus at Montauk.Passed out in runs together, almost like pass-dou-din.
I passed out in the train, and I came to in the terminus at Montauk.the final stop
End of the line!a run of misfortune
You are just going through a streak of bad luck!a two-act play
A thriller in two acts. One set, five characters.simple to cast
Laughs in all the right places, very commercial, and easy to cast!a jerk — Vulgar insult; keep it out of polite talk.
It was written by some ignorant, infant asshole...tag question: The tag question drops the subject and pushes the listener to agree, with a faint smirk.
Why, darling, that's very nice. Touching, isn't it?broken, not working
"Please excuse the carbon copy. The local Xerox machine is on the fritz...Son of a blurs into something like son-na.
Little son of a bitch even types well.a strong insult — A heavy insult that can turn half-joking among friends.
Little son of a bitch even types well.relative clause: The that-clause modifies the man and tells us exactly where he used to sit.
He was the glandular case that sat in the front...an initial try
I mean, a first attempt by a total amateur?a talented director
Even a gifted director couldn't hurt it.The t in couldn't often drops, and hurt it links into hur-tit.
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What's really going on
Beneath the self-pity is a professional dread the film treats as almost physical. Sidney has not just failed; he has been 'written out', and the phrase tells you how he thinks about talent: as something you either have or lose. Myra offers the standard comfort, 'Darling, you're a wonderful, wonderful writer,' and it lands like nothing. The manuscript changes his mood in an instant. What looks like admiration, 'Even a gifted director couldn't hurt it,' is also appetite: he sees a success he did not write and cannot match, and the scene plants the question of what he will do about it.
Theme
AmbitionSidney's identity is his success; four flops and a rival's script turn admiration into hunger.
PrideHe cannot accept help or comfort, and measuring himself against a student's talent wounds him more than any review.
このチャプターで学べること
- Pride and despair share the same sentence here.
- Cut it is the shortest way to admit defeat.
- Praise hidden inside an insult is still jealousy.
- A student's success can feel like a personal verdict.
発音のポイント
- have been — Have been is usually reduced to a soft v-bin in fast speech.
- four bombs in a — Link four bombs in a so the words run into one another.
- passed out in — Passed out in runs together, almost like pass-dou-din.
- son of a — Son of a blurs into something like son-na.
I have been through the worst opening night of my life...Sidney's summary of the night, delivered before he explains it: a flop, an insult, and a long ride home.
I can no longer cut it, my darling.He says plainly what he has been circling: he no longer has what the work takes. The endearment makes the admission worse.
Little son of a bitch even types well.A jealous jab at the student whose clean manuscript makes him look even more gifted, and Sidney even more finished.
Murder Most Fair was total shit! Because I'm written out.He blames himself rather than the material: the play failed because the writer has run dry.
Even a gifted director couldn't hurt it.The highest praise he can give the manuscript, and the line that admits the student's play is better than anything he can write.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Sidney so upset at the start of the film?
His new play opened and died. He calls it the worst opening night of his life, takes a train home instead of a limousine, and admits that four flops in a row have convinced him he has lost his talent.
What does Sidney mean by being 'written out'?
He means his gift is gone. He uses the phrase to explain why his last play failed, and the admission frightens him more than the bad reviews did.
Who wrote the manuscript Sidney shows Myra?
Clifford Anderson, a former student from Sidney's college seminar, who sends his thriller script for his old teacher to read.
Is Myra able to cheer Sidney up?
Not really. She insists he's a wonderful writer having a run of bad luck, but her comfort slides off him — until the manuscript arrives and changes his mood entirely.
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次のチャプター · 第 3 章top billingSidney Plots to Steal a Play
第 1 章truth in advertisingSidney's Play Flops on Opening Night
再生中 · 第 2 章add insult to injurySidney Rants About Being Written Out
第 3 章top billingSidney Plots to Steal a Play
第 4 章a god-sent opportunityMyra Urges Sidney to Call Anderson
第 5 章all the makingsSidney Calls Clifford About His Play
第 6 章got hooked onClifford Anderson Visits the Bruhls
第 7 章feet on the groundMyra Pushes Sidney to Collaborate
第 8 章go out of your wayClifford Asks for a Second Opinion
第 9 章hit a snagSidney Handcuffs Clifford
第 10 章untypical of meClifford Is Handcuffed
第 11 章the envy ofSidney Kills Clifford
第 12 章night and dayMyra Finally Tells Sidney to Leave
第 13 章guilt-riddenHelga Ten Dorp Arrives
第 14 章keep uncloudedHelga Foresees the Knife
第 15 章skeptical aboutHelga Predicts the Deathtrap
第 16 章once and for allMyra Hears Something Downstairs
第 17 章be my doingSidney Promises Nothing Will Go Wrong
第 18 章for future referenceThe Fake Murder Kills Myra
第 19 章lay an eggPorter Milgrim Meets the Secretary
第 20 章on the agendaPorter Reviews Sidney's Will
第 21 章a death wishSidney Pitches Deathtrap
第 22 章knock offClifford Wants a Shortcut
第 23 章be in on itClifford Talks Sidney Into Deathtrap
第 24 章kid a kidderBruhl and Anderson Team Up
第 25 章psychicHelga Meets the Man in Boots
第 26 章fed up withHelga Warns Sidney Again
第 27 章spill the beansThe Rehearsal Turns Deadly
第 28 章send someone packingClifford Turns the Gun on Sidney
第 29 章a snapClifford Turns the Tables on Sidney
第 30 章a can of wormsClifford Spares Sidney第 2 / 30 章 · 残り約 83 分