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Do the Right Thing · 1989 — 第 14 / 20 章 · 2'13" · B1

Mookie Bans Jade from Sal's, Explained：hide the salami

Mookie tells his sister Jade she can't come to Sal's anymore, insisting Sal has the wrong intentions toward her. Jade refuses to be managed by her brother. "You can hardly pay your rent and you're gonna tell me what to do?"

あらすじ

At Sal's pizzeria, Mookie corners his sister Jade and forbids her from coming back, saying Sal's interest in her is not innocent. Jade pushes back hard, calling him a hypocrite who cannot pay his own rent, and he answers by saying he is tired of supporting a grown woman.

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注目の表現

hide the salamistop trippingcome off itgot a lot of nerve

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このシーンの表現

hide the salami

want sex, crudely

Outside the shop Mookie stops his sister, sure that Sal's compliment hides an appetite.

Don't be naive; that smooth talk is only a way to hide the salami.

このシーンの他の表現

  • stop tripping

    stop overreacting

  • come off it

    stop talking nonsense

  • got a lot of nerve

    be bold in a rude way

  • tired of

    fed up with

  • read my lips

    listen very carefully

このシーンのメモ一覧

49 行のセリフに 32 件のメモ

表現 · A2sound like something/someone

seem to be

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but can I say something to you, Jade?
発音want to sound

Want to is often reduced to wanna in fast speech.

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but can I say something to you, Jade?
スラング · B1jerk

a foolish or mean person — A mild insult; fine among friends, not in polite company.

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but can I say something to you, Jade?
表現 · B1the best I've ever seen

the most ... so far

You got the biggest eyes I've ever seen in my life.
文法 · B1I've ever seen

present perfect: The present perfect with a superlative marks the best so far in life.

You got the biggest eyes I've ever seen in my life.
表現 · B2jump out of something

spring out of

They, like, jump right out of your head. You know that?
発音jump right out

Link jump right out so it sounds like one run of sound.

They, like, jump right out of your head. You know that?
表現 · B1feel like a something

feel foolish

I feel embarrassed for even saying that. I feel like a jerk.
表現 · A2don't forget to do something

fail to remember to

Hey, Jade, don't forget to come back soon, okay?
表現 · A2take it easy

calm down

Hey, Mookie, take it easy, will you?
文法 · B1Grabbing her arm

participle phrase: The opening participle phrase describes an action while the main clause speaks.

Grabbing her arm, you're going to bust her arm.
表現 · A2not do something no more

not any longer

Jade, I do not want you in Sal's no more, all right?
スラング · B2tripping

overreacting — Street casual; avoid it in formal settings.

Mookie, what? Stop tripping. No, you're tripping.
表現 · B1be worked up about something

upset about

What are you so worked up about?
発音worked up about

Link the words; the final d slides into the next vowel.

What are you so worked up about?
表現 · B2all someone wants to do is ...

the only thing someone wants is

Look, all Sal wants to do is hide the salami.
文法 · B2all Sal wants to do is

subject clause: All someone wants to do is ... puts the whole point in a subject clause.

Look, all Sal wants to do is hide the salami.
スラング · B1crude

vulgar and blunt — Describes blunt, coarse talk; mildly rude.

I admit it, I'm crude. Do not come in Sal's anymore. You are not welcome.
表現 · B2have a lot of nerve

be rudely bold

You got a lot of nerve. You know that?
表現 · B1play big brother to someone

act like a bossy elder

stop trying to play big brother to me, okay? I'm a grown woman!
表現 · A2pay the rent

pay for housing

You can hardly pay your rent and you're gonna tell me what to do?
表現 · B1make no sense

be illogical

Come off it! That makes no sense at all.
スラング · B1Peanuts

a trivial amount — Casual way to call an amount trivial.

Peanuts.
表現 · B1make a move

getting ready to leave

Mookie hints that he will soon be moving on, dodging Jade's questions.

You know, in a while, I'll be making a move, all right?
文法 · B1don't come here no more

double negative: A spoken double negative; the meaning stays negative, unlike standard English.

Jade, don't come here no more.
表現 · B1around the corner

just nearby

Take your skinny butt around the corner and go back home.
スラング · B1butt

buttocks, informal — Informal and a bit crude; not for formal talk.

Take your skinny butt around the corner and go back home.
表現 · B1pack one's bags

get ready to leave for good

I want to know when you're going to pack your bags and go, okay, Mookie?
スラング · C1fucking

vulgar intensifier — Very vulgar; never in formal or polite speech.

I don't care if you fire me this exact fucking moment.
文法 · B2If you're saying what I'm thinking you're saying

if-clause: The if-clause nests two present progressives; it sets a condition before the warning.

If you're saying what I'm thinking you're saying, you better not say it because I don't wanna hear it.
発音wanna hear it

Wanna compresses want to; hear it then links together.

If you're saying what I'm thinking you're saying, you better not say it because I don't wanna hear it.
表現 · A2do someone a favor

please do this for me

You hear this? Do me a favor, leave Jade alone.

「Mookie Bans Jade from Sal's」を読み解く

What's really going on

Mookie is trying to protect his sister from a man he does not trust, but he has no standing to give orders, and Jade knows it. His warning is blunt: "Look, all Sal wants to do is hide the salami." Jade's reply is not about Sal at all; it is about Mookie's authority, and she dismantles it with his own failures: "You can hardly pay your rent and you're gonna tell me what to do?" The argument is really about who has the right to tell the other how to live, and each one uses the other's failures as evidence. Mookie keeps a petty last word, banning pizza as well as the store, while admitting he is tired of carrying her. Under the insults, a brother wants to be needed and a sister wants to be treated as an adult.

Theme

Family conflictA brother and sister fight not over Sal but over who has the right to run the other's life.
MoneyJade wins the argument by pointing at Mookie's poverty, using the rent he cannot pay to deny his authority over her.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Read my lips turns a request into a final order.
  • Come off it rejects an idea before arguing it.
  • Got a lot of nerve quietly calls someone shameless.
  • Make a move can mean leaving, not romance.

発音のポイント

  • want to sound — Want to is often reduced to wanna in fast speech.
  • jump right out — Link jump right out so it sounds like one run of sound.
  • worked up about — Link the words; the final d slides into the next vowel.
  • wanna hear it — Wanna compresses want to; hear it then links together.
Read my lips. Don't come to Sal's no more.

Mookie's blunt order to Jade, phrased as a final warning: he wants her to stay away from Sal's, and he does not want to argue about it.

You can hardly pay your rent and you're gonna tell me what to do?

Jade's counterattack: since Mookie cannot support himself, he has no authority to boss her around, so his warning loses its force.

I'm tired of supporting a grown man, okay?

Jade throws Mookie's own complaint back at him, saying she is the one who has been carrying a grown adult, not the other way around.

If you're saying what I'm thinking you're saying, you better not say it because I don't wanna hear it.

A pre-emptive brush-off: rather than let Mookie finish a suspicion, the speaker makes clear that whatever accusation is coming will not be heard.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Mookie want Jade to stop coming to Sal's?

He believes Sal is interested in her for the wrong reasons. His warning is crude but direct: he says all Sal wants to do is hide the salami, implying Sal's kindness is not innocent.

Was Jade right to dismiss Mookie's warning?

She may be right that she is a grown woman, but she answers his concern about Sal only by attacking his authority. The scene leaves open whether she is being naive or simply refusing to be controlled.

What does "hide the salami" mean?

It is slang for wanting to have sex. When Mookie says all Sal wants to do is hide the salami, he is accusing Sal of having sexual intentions toward Jade.

Why does Jade tell Mookie to stop playing big brother?

She means he is acting like an authority over her just because he is the older sibling. She tells him to quit pretending he has a say in her life.

How does the argument end?

It does not really resolve. Mookie keeps insisting Jade stay away and adds a petty rule about pizza, while Jade walks off saying she will be back, and Sal later refuses to hear Mookie out.

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