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Silver Linings Playbook · 2012 — 第 22 / 23 章 · 3'29" · B2

Pat Sr. Bets Double or Nothing, Explained：double or nothing

Randy has just won big off Pat's father, and the family is still raw about it. Pat Sr. answers with a fresh wager — "Double or nothing" — and Randy argues over the spread and a parlay while Dolores begs him to stop. What looks like football talk is really the family's whole future being staked.

あらすじ

At the Solatano house, with the dance competition set for the same day as the Eagles-Cowboys game, Pat's father agrees to a new bet with Randy: double or nothing. Randy questions the point spread and floats a parlay, while Dolores and the sons try to talk Pat Sr. out of risking everything.

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in turmoilfuck offfeel terribletwist the knife

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このシーンの表現

double or nothing

risk it all for double

Randy offers the core bet: win and double the money, lose and get nothing, and the family objects at once.

Let's make it double or nothing on the next round.

このシーンの他の表現

  • in turmoil

    in chaos or upheaval

  • fuck off

    go away (vulgar)

  • feel terrible

    feel awful about something

  • twist the knife

    make someone's pain worse

  • out of action

    out of business or unusable

このシーンのメモ一覧

61 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

表現 · A2gotta say

have to say

- Well, I gotta say, I'm impressed. - (TIFFANY) Thank you.
発音gotta say

Link gotta and say so they run as one word.

- Well, I gotta say, I'm impressed. - (TIFFANY) Thank you.
表現 · B1feel terrible

feel awful about something

Randy has just won big, yet claims to feel terrible, a piece of fake sympathy that is really gloating.

Patrizio, I feel terrible, you know?
表現 · B2be in turmoil

in chaos or upheaval

Randy says the family is in turmoil after the loss, sounding caring while he twists the knife.

and now your whole family is in turmoil.
表現 · B2fuck off

go away (vulgar)

When Randy acts sorry, Pat tells him flatly to fuck off and drops the fake sympathy.

Oh, fuck off, Randy. You love it.
スラング · B2fuck off

go away (vulgar) — Vulgar dismissal; never in polite company.

Oh, fuck off, Randy. You love it.
発音bet against

The t in bet often drops before against.

You live for this. You've bet against my father for years.
表現 · B2twist the knife

make someone's pain worse

Pat accuses Randy of deliberately deepening the wound while the family is still reeling.

You're twisting the knife now. You get off on it!
発音get off on it

Link get off on it into one run of sounds.

You're twisting the knife now. You get off on it!
スラング · B2get off on

take pleasure from (vulgar) — Vulgar; means taking pleasure from something.

You're twisting the knife now. You get off on it!
表現 · A2prove it

show evidence

- Fine, then prove it! - Yeah, prove it.
表現 · B2double or nothing

risk it all for double

Randy offers the core bet: win and double the money, lose and get nothing, and the family objects at once.

- Double or nothing. - No, no, no.
スラング · B2Double or nothing

risk it all on one more try — Betting talk for risking everything on one more round.

- Double or nothing. - No, no, no.
表現 · A2the same day as something

on the same date as

Same day as the Benjamin Franklin Pairs Open Freestyle Dance Competition.
文法 · B1if I win that bet, I win your book

first conditional: A real condition: the if-clause sets it up and the present tense states the result.

I believe in America's team. But if I win that bet, I win your book,
表現 · B2be out of action

out of business or unusable

Randy spells out the stakes: if Pat Sr. loses, he is out of business and loses the restaurant too.

you're out of action, you get no restaurant, no nothing.
表現 · B2take the action

accept the bet action here means the betting action

I believe in the Eagles, my son. I'll take the action. I'll take it.
表現 · B1have faith

believe strongly

I have faith. Excelsior belongs in this house.
表現 · B1shouldn't be doing something

ought not to do this

Dad, this is toxic. You shouldn't be doing this.
表現 · B1do enough

have done plenty

Quiet, you already did enough. What do you say?
文法 · A2you already did enough

simple past: Already with the simple past stresses that the action is finished and done with.

Quiet, you already did enough. What do you say?
表現 · B2to one's advantage

in your favor

That's an insane spread to your advantage. Cowboys are cowards.
発音spread to your

Weaken to your into a quick t-yer.

That's an insane spread to your advantage. Cowboys are cowards.
表現 · B1give something away

hand over for free

You're crazy to give away that many points. I won't take that.
表現 · B2a parlay

a combined multi-game bet

Randy admits he likes a parlay that ties the game and the dance contest into one bet, and Dolores objects.

- I do like the idea of a parlay. - What? No parlay! No.
表現 · B1be part of something

be included in it

I don't know how they score. We're participating, not a part of it.
文法 · B1how they score

embedded question: How they score is an embedded question, so it keeps statement word order.

I don't know how they score. We're participating, not a part of it.
スラング · B1suck

be really bad — Casual way to say something is bad.

- We suck. - We don't suck.
文法 · B2happy just to be going

infinitive of reason: The to-infinitive explains why they are happy: simply being there is enough.

Pat's a beginner, I'm OK. We're happy just to be going.
表現 · B1compete against someone

go up against someone

The people you're competing against?

「Pat Sr. Bets Double or Nothing」を読み解く

What's really going on

The wager is the family's real subject. Randy says he feels bad about the money he took — "and now your whole family is in turmoil" — but the sons hear a man enjoying the win, and someone snaps that he's twisting the knife. Pat's father answers the accusation with an even bigger bet, as if faith could cover the risk. He talks about the Eagles and even about excelsior, the family motto, while dismissing every warning as 'toxic'. What is actually at stake is the restaurant and the household's stability. The dance competition gets pulled into the same ledger when Randy wonders how it is scored.

Theme

MoneyThe family's savings, the restaurant and a book of bets all ride on one game and one dance score.
Family conflictEveryone at the table fights the same decision: Pat's father wants the bet, and the rest try to stop him.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Pride makes the father raise the stakes.
  • Randy's fake regret is the bait.
  • Betting slang turns family life into odds.
  • The dance contest becomes a betting chip.

発音のポイント

  • gotta say — Link gotta and say so they run as one word.
  • bet against — The t in bet often drops before against.
  • get off on it — Link get off on it into one run of sounds.
  • spread to your — Weaken to your into a quick t-yer.
You're twisting the knife now. You get off on it!

One of the sons accuses Randy of enjoying the pain he caused the family, saying he is pressing on the wound on purpose.

I have faith. Excelsior belongs in this house.

Pat's father defends the bet as a matter of belief, tying it to the family motto and insisting that pride belongs at home, not New York.

That's an insane spread to your advantage. Cowboys are cowards.

Randy's read on the offer: the handicap is so generous that the bet is a gift, and he calls the Cowboys cowards for the mismatch.

You live for this. You've bet against my father for years.

The charge that Randy's whole enjoyment comes from betting against Pat's father, year after year, not from any real concern.

I believe in the Eagles, my son. I'll take the action. I'll take it.

Pat's father accepts the wager on the Eagles, framing the bet as loyalty and taking the action without hesitation.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Pat's father bet double or nothing?

He wants to win back what Randy took and to prove his faith in the Eagles. He treats the bet as loyalty to his team and refuses every warning that it's toxic.

Is Randy really sorry about winning the bet?

The sons don't think so. He says he feels terrible, but he also keeps proposing terms, and someone tells him he's twisting the knife and getting off on it.

What does 'double or nothing' mean here?

It's the bet Pat's father offers: stake the whole loss again, and either win everything back or lose it all. In this scene it means replaying the earlier bet with everything on the line.

Why does the dance competition matter to the bet?

The competition falls on the same day as the Cowboys game, so Randy wonders whether the couple's score could be folded into a parlay, until the others insist it stays out of the betting.

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