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Some Like It Hot · 1959 — 第 4 / 19 章 · 5'03" · B1

Joe and Jerry Dress as Women, Explained：get away with it

They've seen too much, and now the only escape is disguise. Jerry pleads, "It's no use. We're not gonna get away with it," but Joe keeps him moving, insisting the whole thing is "just to get us out of town." On the train, both of them are quietly terrified of being found out.

あらすじ

After witnessing a gangland killing, musicians Joe and Jerry can't risk testifying and have to leave Chicago. They shave their legs, dress as women, and sign with Sweet Sue's all-girl band under the names Josephine and Daphne. At the station they board the Florida Limited, share berths 7 and 7-A, and meet the other musicians.

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as far away as possibleat a time like thisquit stallingget away with it

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このシーンの表現

get away with it

escape blame or punishment

Jerry fears the disguise will fail, saying they will not get away with it.

You can't get away with lying to your boss forever.

このシーンの他の表現

  • as far away as possible

    as distant as can be

  • at a time like this

    at such a moment

  • quit stalling

    stop wasting time

  • in the first place

    to begin with

  • talk someone into something

    persuade someone to do

このシーンのメモ一覧

77 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

スラング · B2bull fiddle

an upright bass — Jazz-player jargon for the double bass.

They got the bull fiddle.
文法 · B1If they catch us, there'll be

real conditional: A real conditional puts present tense in the if clause and will in the main clause.

- No blood? - If they catch us, there'll be blood all over.
表現 · B1as ... as possible

as distant as can be

Asked where he is running, Joe answers as far away as possible.

- Joe, where are you running? - As far away as possible.
スラング · B2hood

a thug — Street slang for a gangster; never say it to their face.

They know us. Every hood in Chicago's gonna be after us, Joe.
表現 · B1get out of town

leave the city

Joe, we gotta get out of town. Maybe we should grow beards.
表現 · C1blast someone's head off

shoot someone dead

Those guys got machine guns ready to blast our heads off, you want to shave.
発音Shave our

Link shave and our so it sounds like shave-rour.

- Shave our legs, stupid. - Shave our legs? Wh...
表現 · A2all aboard

everyone on board

All aboard. All aboard.
発音All aboard

All aboard runs together, with the final d barely heard.

All aboard. All aboard.
表現 · B1keep one's balance

stay balanced

- How do they keep their balance? - Must be the way the weight is distributed.
表現 · A2catch cold

get a cold

They must be catching cold all the time.
表現 · A2miss the train

fail to catch the train

Will you quit stalling. We're gonna miss the train.
表現 · A2stare at someone

looking fixedly at me

I feel naked. I feel like everybody's staring at me.
発音staring at

Link staring and at, with the t lightly flapped.

I feel naked. I feel like everybody's staring at me.
表現 · B2get away with something

escape blame or punishment

Jerry fears the disguise will fail, saying they will not get away with it.

It's no use. We're not gonna get away with it, Joe.
表現 · B2built-in something

an inbuilt device

Must have some sort of built-in motor or something.
文法 · B2Once we get to Florida

once clause: Once introduces a future condition with present tense, meaning as soon as.

This is just to get us out of town. Once we get to Florida, we'll blow this whole setup.
スラング · B2blow this whole setup

ditch the whole plan — Casual talk for ditching a plan or arrangement.

This is just to get us out of town. Once we get to Florida, we'll blow this whole setup.
表現 · B2talk someone into something

persuade someone to do

Jerry vows not to let Joe talk him into another scheme, then agrees anyway.

This time I am not gonna let you talk me into something that...
文法 · B2let you talk me into

causative let: Let someone do something means allow it to happen, here being persuaded again.

This time I am not gonna let you talk me into something that...
スラング · B2Attagirl

that's my girl — Warm spoken praise for a woman or girl.

Attagirl, Geraldine.
表現 · B2the feeling is mutual

I feel the same

Oh, the feeling's mutual.
表現 · B2watch one's language

mind one's speech

You better tell the other girls to watch their language.
表現 · B1spread out

relax and stretch out

- Take off your corsets and spread out. - Oh, well, I don't wear one myself.

「Joe and Jerry Dress as Women」を読み解く

What's really going on

The comedy rides on panic. Joe and Jerry aren't choosing drag out of curiosity or joy; it's the only door left after they witness the garage murders, and Jerry keeps saying the quiet part out loud: "It's no use. We're not gonna get away with it, Joe." Joe's answer is pure improvisation—"The name is Josephine, and this was your idea in the first place"—half reassurance, half keeping Jerry from bolting. Once they reach the band, the jokes turn to how women move and dress; the pair gawk at a dancer whose walk is "Jell-O on springs." Under the slapstick is a real fear: these two men know that if anyone recognizes them, the men with machine guns will finish what started in Chicago.

Theme

IdentityJoe and Jerry survive by erasing themselves—new names, new clothes, a whole new sex—and the strain of the performance drives the comedy.
SurvivalDisguise is a life-or-death tactic: the two men have seen a murder, can't testify, and can't stay in Chicago, so dressing as women is their only way out.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The disguise is a plan born of panic, not cleverness.
  • A single phrase, as far as possible, sums up pure flight.
  • The scene turns fear into physical comedy on the platform.

発音のポイント

  • Shave our — Link shave and our so it sounds like shave-rour.
  • All aboard — All aboard runs together, with the final d barely heard.
  • staring at — Link staring and at, with the t lightly flapped.
- No blood? - If they catch us, there'll be blood all over.

A grim joke after the shooting: they seem untouched, but if the killers find them, the result won't be a near miss.

Police? We'd never live to testify. Not against Spats Colombo.

Why calling the cops is pointless: they'd be dead before any trial, especially with a mob boss like Spats involved.

I feel naked. I feel like everybody's staring at me.

Jerry's discomfort in drag—exposed, self-conscious, sure that the whole station can see through the disguise.

That's just like Jell-O on springs.

A comic description of how a woman walks, wobbling and effortless, as the two men study her like a puzzle.

What are you afraid of? Nobody's asking you to have a baby.

A blunt way of calming a nervous partner: the disguise is temporary and costs nothing more than looking silly, so there's no reason to panic.

このシーンについての質問

Why do Joe and Jerry decide to dress as women?

They've witnessed the garage murders and know they can't testify against Spats Colombo without being killed. Leaving Chicago isn't enough if they're recognized, so disguising themselves is the only escape they can think of.

Why won't they just go to the police?

Because the police can't protect them. Joe says they'd "never live to testify" against Spats, so telling the authorities would only make them easier to find.

Where are they headed, and why that destination?

Miami, with Sweet Sue's all-girl band. Poliakoff books them as Josephine and Daphne, and Florida is simply the farthest, quickest way out of Chicago on the next train.

Are the other band members suspicious of them?

Not yet. Sweet Sue is relieved to have a sax and bass player, and the girls welcome them—until Jerry's behavior and the note about watching their language hint that the disguise is harder to keep up than they hoped.

What does "No Man's Land" mean when the girls say it?

It's a joke about the band being an all-women space where no men are allowed. It's also the film's wink: two men are standing in the middle of it in dresses.

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