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M*A*S*H · 1970 — 第 10 / 22 章 · 4'20" · B2

Waldowski Says Poker Is Just a Game, Explained：see a man about a tooth

A priest knows a friend is in trouble but can't say why. Bound by confession, Father Mulcahy can only hint that something is wrong with Waldowski — and the clue is that Waldowski called poker "only a game." To the poker-playing surgeons, that is a red flag, not a shrug.

あらすじ

In the OR, Hawkeye works on a wounded soldier and calls for sterile knives, vascular clamps and an arterial suture. Later, Father Mulcahy pulls him aside: Waldowski — the dentist nicknamed "Painless" — is in trouble, but the priest learned it in confession and can't divulge. He hints that at a poker game Waldowski dismissed the game as "only a game."

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注目の表現

see a man about a toothgown and glovefool arounddivulge

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このシーンの表現

see a man about a tooth

an excuse for leaving

When the secret gets too hot, Hawkeye makes a joking exit about going to see a man about a tooth.

I'll be back soon; just going to see a man about a tooth.

このシーンの他の表現

  • gown and glove

    put on surgical gear

  • fool around

    mess around; be unfaithful

  • divulge

    reveal secret information

  • Painless

    a nickname meaning without pain

  • shit

    a common swear word

このシーンのメモ一覧

64 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ

スラング · B2shit

a swear word — Very informal; never in polite or professional settings.

Hawkeye! Oh, shit.
スラング · A2gotta

got to — Spoken form; write have to.

We gotta take this into the O.R. just on the stretcher.
表現 · A2hold on

wait; hang in there

Hold on. You're gonna be just fine, fella.
表現 · A2just fine

perfectly all right

Hold on. You're gonna be just fine, fella.
スラング · A2fella

man, mate — Casual address; say sir in formal talk.

Hold on. You're gonna be just fine, fella.
発音let me have

The t in let flaps and let me blurs into lemme.

Hot Lips, let me have one of your sterile knives.
表現 · A2as soon as ...

immediately when

As soon as you give me the clamps, I want you to be ready to gown and glove me.
文法 · A2As soon as

time clause: As soon as introduces a time clause meaning the main action follows immediately.

As soon as you give me the clamps, I want you to be ready to gown and glove me.
表現 · B1move out of the way

step aside

Okay. Ugly, move out of the way, 'cause I'm working around over there.
発音gonna see

Gonna weakens and runs straight into see.

Baby, we're gonna see some stitching like you never saw before. [ Leslie Chuckles ] [ Man On P.A. ] Attention. Attention. Got it?
表現 · B2off and running

started and going well

We're off and running. The American Medical Association has just declared marijuana...
表現 · B1as a matter of fact

actually, in fact

As a matter of fact— When did you get them? Let me try it on you.
表現 · A2try something on

test clothing on yourself

As a matter of fact— When did you get them? Let me try it on you.
表現 · A2in time for something

early enough for

Hey, Dago Redo! Hi. Just in time for cocktails. Come on in.
発音Come on in

Link the three words so they sound like c'mon-in.

Hey, Dago Redo! Hi. Just in time for cocktails. Come on in.
表現 · B1drag someone away

pull someone away

Uh, sorry to drag you away from the gang in there, but— What?
文法 · B1It's difficult to talk about

dummy subject: It stands in as a dummy subject while to talk about carries the real meaning.

it? Well, what is it? That's, um— It's difficult to talk about, you see, because, um, I learned about his problem in confession.
表現 · B1like you can't believe

to an unbelievable degree

Oh, baby, I've got a toothache like you can't believe.
表現 · A2a lot of luck

a great deal of luck

It brings me a lot of luck. Sit there, Boone.
表現 · B1live for something

have a reason to live

what's he got left that, uh— that he should be living for?
スラング · B2boobs

breasts (slang) — Crude slang; avoid in public.

The little one with the big... boobs. Yeah, the— Yeah, I know. Yeah.
表現 · B1be engaged to someone

promised in marriage to

because, you know, I got these, uh— I've got these three girls that I'm engaged to back home.

「Waldowski Says Poker Is Just a Game」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is about how much a friend can say without breaking a rule. Father Mulcahy is bound by the confessional, so he does everything but name the problem — "It's difficult to talk about, you see, because, um, I learned about his problem in confession." The men's reaction to Waldowski matters because of what poker means here: in this camp, cards are a ritual of belonging, so a man who calls it "only a game" is announcing that he has stopped caring. Hawkeye understands instantly and turns the excuse into action — "I guess I better go see a man about a tooth" — then sits down at the table to read his friend for himself. The comedy of the earlier surgery keeps the tone light, but the stakes under the poker table are serious.

Theme

FaithThe seal of confession forces a priest to keep a dangerous secret and help only through hints.
FriendshipHawkeye reads the signal and goes straight to his friend's side at the poker table.

このチャプターで学べること

  • An old excuse gets a one-word twist and becomes a joke.
  • Confession puts the priest in an impossible spot.
  • Calling poker only a game is the real scandal here.
  • Medical slang and card-table slang share one tent.

発音のポイント

  • let me have — The t in let flaps and let me blurs into lemme.
  • gonna see — Gonna weakens and runs straight into see.
  • Come on in — Link the three words so they sound like c'mon-in.
Hold on. You're gonna be just fine, fella.

Reassurance to a wounded soldier: "Hold on" means stay with me, and "you're gonna be just fine" is the calm the surgeon keeps over a man who may not be.

You're gonna go to sleep, baby. You're gonna be just fine.

Talking to the patient as he's put under, using "baby" to soothe him. Both lines are comfort, but they also shut out the danger the surgeons can't say aloud.

As soon as you give me the clamps, I want you to be ready to gown and glove me.

Operating-room instruction: the moment the clamps arrive, the nurse must be ready to help him into a sterile gown and gloves. "Gown" and "glove" are used as verbs.

I guess I better go see a man about a tooth.

A wink at the old excuse "see a man about a dog": Hawkeye is really going to check on Waldowski, the dentist, and hides it in a joke.

Hey, Hawkeye, there's an empty chair here looking for a player.

An invitation to the poker table, phrased as if the chair itself were waiting for him — the camp's way of pulling a friend in.

Listen, why do you have to sit right behind me? It makes me very nervous.

Poker superstition at the table: a player complains that someone sitting behind him brings bad luck, and the reply is that it brings luck instead.

It brings me a lot of luck. Sit there, Boone.

The answer flips the complaint: sitting behind him is a lucky charm, not a nuisance, and he tells Boone to keep the seat.

このシーンについての質問

Why can't Father Mulcahy just tell Hawkeye what's wrong?

He learned it in confession, and a priest is bound to keep what he hears there secret. So he does everything he can without divulging: he says the problem is with Waldowski and hints at how serious it is, but the cause stays hidden.

Why is it alarming that Waldowski called poker "only a game"?

In this camp, poker is a nightly ritual and a way of belonging. A man who shrugs it off as "only a game" is showing he no longer cares about the things that used to matter to him, which the others read as a serious warning.

Does Waldowski actually want to die?

The scene only gives hints. He calls poker "only a game," and wonders what a man has left to live for if he "isn't a man anymore." The surgeons take these as signs that he is in real danger, which is why Hawkeye goes to him.

What does Hawkeye's "see a man about a tooth" mean?

It plays on the old English excuse "see a man about a dog," used when you want to leave without explaining why. Here the "man" is Waldowski the dentist, so the joke also points exactly where Hawkeye is going.

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