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GoodFellas · 1990 — 第 4 / 28 章 · 4'09" · B2

Henry's First Pinch and the Two Rules, Explained：keep your mouth shut

Part legend, part initiation: the film introduces Jimmy Conway as a man who could walk into a room and make it explode, then cuts to Henry's own first arrest. "I'm not mad, I'm proud of you," a mentor tells the boy, before handing down the two rules — never rat, and keep your mouth shut.

あらすじ

After painting Jimmy Conway as the most feared and most enthusiastic thief in the city, the film follows young Henry as he starts running errands with Tommy. Henry is caught selling stolen cigarettes and hauled into court, where he says nothing. When he comes home, the older men treat the silence as a rite of passage and give him the only two lessons that matter to them.

CourtroomCrime scenesComplimentingWarningBoss & employeeB2mediumamerican
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注目の表現

all over the placego wildit was businessgave it up

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このシーンの表現

keep your mouth shut

say nothing

The boss gives Henry two rules: never rat on friends and always keep your mouth shut.

Keep your mouth shut about the surprise until Friday.

このシーンの他の表現

  • all over the place

    everywhere

  • go wild

    erupt with excitement

  • it was business

    nothing personal

  • gave it up

    hand it over

  • tip someone off

    warn someone secretly

このシーンのメモ一覧

68 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ

表現 · A2all over the place

everywhere

The narration recalls a time when mobsters were everywhere you looked.

And wiseguys were all over the place.
表現 · B1take someone on

challenge someone

decided to take on a boss and start a war.
表現 · A2walk in the door

enter the room

He'd walk in the door and everybody who worked the room just went wild.
表現 · B1go wild

erupt with excitement

The moment Jimmy steps in, everyone working the room erupts with excitement.

He'd walk in the door and everybody who worked the room just went wild.
文法 · B1who worked the room

relative clause: The who-clause narrows everybody down to the staff working that room.

He'd walk in the door and everybody who worked the room just went wild.
表現 · B1run the game

operate the gambling

He'd give hundreds to the dealers and the guys who ran the games.
発音take all you

Link take all you so the words blur into one stretch.

The Irishman is here to take all you guineas' money.
スラング · B2guineas'

a slur for Italians — An ethnic slur; understand it, never say it.

The Irishman is here to take all you guineas' money.
表現 · B1keep them coming

keep serving them

Thank you. Keep them coming.
スラング · B2hits

contract killings — Mob slang for a contracted killing.

See, hits never bothered Jimmy. It was business.
表現 · B1root for someone

cheer for someone

Jimmy was the kind of guy who rooted for the bad guys in the movies.
表現 · B1give something up

hand it over

The narrator says the hijacked drivers mostly handed over the goods without a fight.

Almost all of them were gimmies. They just gave it up, no problem.
スラング · B1gimmies

freebies — Casual for something handed over without a fight.

Almost all of them were gimmies. They just gave it up, no problem.
スラング · B1the Gent

the gentleman — A wry nickname; not for formal use.

They called him Jimmy the Gent.
表現 · B1tip someone off

warn someone secretly

The truck drivers liked Jimmy and secretly told him which loads were worth taking.

Drivers loved him. They used to tip him off...
文法 · A2used to tip

used to: Used to tip marks a past habit of tipping him off, not a current one.

Drivers loved him. They used to tip him off...
表現 · A2the rest

what remains

Thanks, I'll be back for the rest later.
表現 · A2work together

cooperate

You're gonna be working together, okay?
発音gonna be

Gonna reduces to a light gunna before be.

You're gonna be working together, okay?
文法 · B1when the cops assigned

time clause: The when-clause sets the scene before the question delivers Jimmy's move.

And when the cops assigned a whole army to stop Jimmy, what did he do?
表現 · B1make someone a partner

turn someone into a partner

When police assign an army to catch Jimmy, he simply turns the pursuers into partners.

He made them partners.
表現 · A2there you go

here you are

One Pall Mall. There you go.
表現 · B1get pinched

get arrested

Someone reports that Henry was caught and asks where it happened.

Henry got pinched. Where?
スラング · B1pinched

arrested — Street slang; formal speech says arrested.

Henry got pinched. Where?
表現 · B1tell someone nothing

kept silent

You told them nothing, and they got nothing.
文法 · B1like a man

manner phrase: Like a man describes how he took the arrest, not what he did.

You took your first pinch like a man and learned the two greatest things in life.
発音Look at

Link look and at so it sounds like one word.

What? Look at me.
スラング · B1rat on

inform on — Disapproving; calls someone a snitch.

Never rat on your friends...
表現 · B1keep one's mouth shut

say nothing

The boss gives Henry two rules: never rat on friends and always keep your mouth shut.

and always keep your mouth shut.
表現 · B2break one's cherry

do something for the first time

You broke your cherry.
スラング · B2broke your cherry

lost one's innocence — Slang with a sexual edge; avoid it in polite talk.

You broke your cherry.

「Henry's First Pinch and the Two Rules」を読み解く

What's really going on

The sequence is a lesson in how the mob turns crime into etiquette. Jimmy is introduced not as a thug but as a celebrity — the room goes wild, drivers tip him off, and stealing is described as something he genuinely enjoys, which is why "Jimmy was the kind of guy who rooted for the bad guys in the movies." Henry's arrest then becomes a graduation, because the value being rewarded is silence. The mentor's line "I'm not mad, I'm proud of you" flips the normal meaning of getting caught: in this world, taking the pinch without talking is a promotion. The two rules that follow — never inform, never talk — are the whole code in miniature, and the film frames them as the making of a man, not the corruption of a boy.

Theme

CorruptionThe mob turns a boy's arrest into a graduation, rewarding silence and treating theft as a trade like any other.
Coming of ageHenry's first pinch becomes a rite of passage, and the lesson he takes from it is how to keep quiet.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Jimmy treats violence as routine business, which is the point.
  • His nickname, the Gent, works because it clashes with what he does.
  • Staying silent under arrest is rewarded more than honesty.
  • The two rules are really one rule: protect the crew at all costs.

発音のポイント

  • take all you — Link take all you so the words blur into one stretch.
  • gonna be — Gonna reduces to a light gunna before be.
  • Look at — Link look and at so it sounds like one word.
See, hits never bothered Jimmy. It was business.

Murder did not weigh on him because he filed it under work, not conscience.

Jimmy was the kind of guy who rooted for the bad guys in the movies.

A defining line: his sympathies always ran with the criminals, even in fiction.

You took your first pinch like a man and learned the two greatest things in life.

The arrest is being framed as a graduation, with silence and loyalty as the skills mastered.

I thought you'd be mad. I'm not mad, I'm proud of you.

Instead of punishment, the arrest earns praise, because keeping quiet is the highest value here.

このシーンについての質問

Why do the gangsters congratulate Henry for getting arrested?

Because the arrest tested him and he passed: he stayed silent in court. In this world, saying nothing to the police is a skill worth rewarding, so his failure in the eyes of the law becomes a promotion among the men.

What are the two rules Henry learns?

Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut. The two overlap on purpose: both are about never giving information to anyone outside the crew, whether police or rivals.

What does "got pinched" mean here?

It is slang for getting arrested or caught by the police. Henry got pinched for selling stolen cigarettes, and the phrase keeps the tone casual, as if an arrest were just one of the risks of doing business.

Is Jimmy Conway really respected, or just feared?

The film keeps both together. He is welcomed like a star and feared for his violence at the same time, and the narration even says killing never bothered him because it was business. Respect and fear are the same currency for him.

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第 1 章the answer to all her prayersHenry Wants to Be a Gangster第 2 章take a beatingYoung Henry Gets Beaten and Recruited第 3 章rip someone offPaulie's Protection Racket再生中 · 第 4 章keep your mouth shutHenry's First Pinch and the Two Rules第 5 章in charge ofThe Idlewild Airport Crew第 6 章like a clownTommy Asks Henry If He's Funny第 7 章put a silk hat on a pigMorrie Asks Paulie for Help第 8 章a big scorePaulie's Restaurant Racket第 9 章got some nerveKaren Blasts Henry for Standing Her Up第 10 章drop a dimeJimmy Shakes Down Morrie Over a Loan第 11 章give me a breakKaren Meets the Mob Wives第 12 章cut cornersKaren Says Crime Felt Normal第 13 章out of orderBilly Taunts Tommy at the Welcome Party第 14 章cornuto contentoSupper at Ma's第 15 章a big dealTommy Makes Spider Dance and Shoots Him第 16 章bring myself toKaren Confronts the Mistress第 17 章keep up appearancesPaulie Tells Henry to Go Home第 18 章the jointHenry Does Easy Time in Prison第 19 章put food on the tableKaren Visits Henry in Prison第 20 章a real scoreHenry Builds the Lufthansa Heist Crew第 21 章bullsJimmy Rages Over the New Car第 22 章of a lifetimeJimmy Scolds the Crew After the Heist第 23 章whackJimmy Decides to Whack Morrie第 24 章license to stealTommy Gets Made in the Mafia第 25 章the end of the worldA Helicopter Follows Henry All Day第 26 章a pain in the assLois Insists on Her Lucky Hat第 27 章rat someone outHenry Interrogated, Karen Flushes Stash第 28 章save one's neckJimmy Tests Henry at the Diner
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