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Deathtrap · 1982 — 第 19 / 30 章 · 3'03" · B2

Porter Milgrim Meets the Secretary, Explained：lay an egg

Sidney's friend and lawyer Porter Milgrim drops in and is introduced to Clifford, now posing as Sidney's secretary. "I would say my attorney, but he'd bill me," Sidney jokes. After Myra leaves, Porter studies the new secretary and asks the question the audience is waiting for: "Do you think he's gay?"

あらすじ

Porter Milgrim, Sidney's lawyer and friend, visits the house on business. Sidney introduces Clifford as his new secretary, and Myra makes an excuse to go shopping. Once they are alone, Porter turns the talk to Clifford, admiring his looks and wondering aloud whether he is gay.

Small talkOffice chatComplimentingTeasingLawyer & clientB2fastamerican
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注目の表現

why notlay an eggbill someonesolace

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Space 再生 · ← → セリフ移動 · R リピート
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  37. ❝ 独白Porter on Sidney4 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

lay an egg

fail badly on stage

Sidney recalls the psychic's TV appearance and calls it a flop, using show-business slang to mock her.

The new sitcom laid an egg in its first week.

このシーンの他の表現

  • why not

    sure, let us do it

  • bill someone

    charge someone

  • solace

    comfort in sorrow

  • a sneaking suspicion

    a quiet growing doubt

  • so long as

    provided that

このシーンのメモ一覧

56 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B1nothing doing

no progress at all

Nothing doing?
表現 · B2spark something

trigger a new idea

Maybe talking with her might spark something.
表現 · B2live dangerously

take big risks

You do like to live dangerously, don't you?
文法 · B1do like

emphatic do: The auxiliary do adds emphasis: do like means really like, not just like.

You do like to live dangerously, don't you?
表現 · A2no way

absolutely not

No way. I do not want her on the premises.
表現 · B2on the premises

inside this building

No way. I do not want her on the premises.
スラング · A2No way

absolutely not — A blunt refusal; too harsh for elders.

No way. I do not want her on the premises.
表現 · B1break the flow

interrupt the momentum

We don't want to break the flow, do we, dear?
表現 · A2take a chance

risk a try

I had to be in the area and I just decided to take a chance.
表現 · B1feel up to something

be well enough for

You feel up to a few papers?
表現 · B2happen on something

come across by chance

-Where did you find it? -I happened on it last week.
表現 · B2clutter up a place

fill a space with clutter

Makes more sense than cluttering up the place with two single ones.
表現 · B1in private

without others present

Well, shouldn't I go get the groceries now? And you and Mr. Milgrim can talk in private.
表現 · A2hold on

wait a moment

Wait a second, Porter. Hold on, Clifford.
表現 · A2take one's time

do not rush

Take your time, Sidney.
発音Take your

Link take and your so it blurs into tay-kyer.

Take your time, Sidney.
発音Do you

Do you weakens to d'ya and runs together in fast speech.

Do you think he's gay?
発音have a

Link have and a so it sounds like ha-va.

I have a sneaking suspicion he might be.
文法 · B1So long as

condition clause: So long as introduces a condition; the clause uses the present tense for the future.

So long as he does his job and doesn't fly on little fairy wings into my chamber...
スラング · B2fairy wings

a mocking, offensive image — Offensive and dated; recognize it, do not repeat it.

So long as he does his job and doesn't fly on little fairy wings into my chamber...
表現 · B1none of one's business

not my concern

I suppose it's none of my business.
表現 · B2take on someone

hire someone

Besides, how people would talk if I 'd taken on a female secretary.
文法 · B2If she were

subjunctive: Were instead of was marks an unreal condition, since she is clearly not under eighty.

If she were under 80. SIDNEY: That's why I called Clifford.
表現 · C1be delegated by someone

sent on behalf of

I was delegated by the Wesson's and the Harvey's.

「Porter Milgrim Meets the Secretary」を読み解く

What's really going on

The visit is ordinary on the surface and loaded underneath. Porter admires the room, the desk, the tax deduction, and Sidney's improved mood, but his real attention is on the new secretary. He calls Clifford 'pleasant' and 'good-looking,' then lands the question: 'Do you think he's gay?' Sidney answers with the line he always keeps ready, 'I suppose it's none of my business,' and then adds a joke about little fairy wings. The scene gives the cover story its test run in front of a sharp witness, and leaves open how much Porter actually sees.

Theme

DeceptionClifford poses as Sidney's secretary, and the visit is a test of how well the new cover story holds up.
SecretsPorter pokes at the one thing Sidney cannot afford to explain, and Sidney answers every question with a joke.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Introducing someone is often a chance for a joke.
  • Lay an egg belongs to show business and stings.
  • So long as sets a condition without sounding strict.
  • The lawyer watches everyone while being polite.

発音のポイント

  • Take your — Link take and your so it blurs into tay-kyer.
  • Do you — Do you weakens to d'ya and runs together in fast speech.
  • have a — Link have and a so it sounds like ha-va.
I would say my attorney, but he'd bill me.

Sidney introduces his lawyer as a friend instead, because calling him his attorney would sound like a billable hour.

You do like to live dangerously, don't you?

Sidney's response to the idea of inviting the psychic again, treating the suggestion as reckless.

Look at the egg she laid on the Griffin Show. Pathetic.

He mocks the psychic's disastrous television appearance, using 'laid an egg' to mean a flop.

It's nice meeting you, or see you later. Whichever it turns out to be.

Clifford's exit line to Porter, a casual joke about not knowing if they will meet again.

このシーンについての質問

Who is Porter Milgrim?

Sidney's friend and lawyer. He visits on a business pretext but says the main reason he came was to see how Sidney is doing.

Why does Myra leave during the visit?

She uses grocery shopping as an excuse so that Sidney and Porter can talk in private, which conveniently gets her out of the room.

Why does Porter ask if Clifford is gay?

He is curious about the new live-in secretary and cannot resist gossiping, even while admitting it is none of his business.

What does Sidney say about the fairy wings joke?

He jokes that he does not care what Clifford does as long as he does his job and stays out of Sidney's room, yet he keeps talking about him anyway.

デストラップ・死の罠 · 全 30 章

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