conditional clause: The if-clause sets the condition for the plan, and the escape joke darkens the mood.
Joe, if we get out of this hotel alive, you know what we're gonna do?Some Like It Hot · 1959 — 第 17 / 19 章 · 5'00" · C1
The Millionaire Breaks Up With Sugar, Explained：high finance
On a ship-to-shore call, the millionaire tells Sugar he is sailing away for good: a merger in Venezuela, oil interests, the works. "As a matter of fact, I'm not coming back at all," he says, dressing the breakup as "high finance." Sugar, who has just been dreaming about him, never hears the words for what they are.
あらすじ
Joe and Jerry are packing to flee: sell the bracelet, take a boat to South America, hide out. Then a ship-to-shore call comes for Sugar. The millionaire she met on the beach tells her an unexpected matter came up and he is sailing right away, mentions oil in Venezuela and a merger, then says he is not coming back at all.
注目の表現
high financecome upon the levelwalk out on someone
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このシーンの表現
high finance
big-money dealings
On the phone the man calls the merger high finance, dressing up a cold exit as business.
He explains everything with talk of high finance.
このシーンの他の表現
- come up
arise suddenly
- on the level
honest, genuine
- walk out on someone
abandon someone
- a kick in the teeth
a bitter blow
- hide out
stay hidden
このシーンのメモ一覧
90 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
quickly take a boat
We're gonna sell this bracelet, and we're gonna take the money, and we're gonna grab a boat down to South America, and hide out in one of the banana republics.Gonna weakens and runs straight into grab.
We're gonna sell this bracelet, and we're gonna take the money, and we're gonna grab a boat down to South America, and hide out in one of the banana republics.unstable small states — A dated, belittling term for small Central American states.
We're gonna sell this bracelet, and we're gonna take the money, and we're gonna grab a boat down to South America, and hide out in one of the banana republics.escape from somewhere
Maybe a hundred years. If we get out of the hotel alive.with no farewell
We can't just walk out on her without saying good-bye.elliptical question: Since when is a clipped question that challenges a sudden change of behavior.
Since when? You usually walk out and leave 'em with nothing but a kick in the teeth.someone who plays an instrument
That's when I was a saxophone player. Now I'm a millionaire.at any moment
Well, mail her a postcard. Those gorillas may be up here any minute.hired thugs — Gangster slang for muscle; never say it to their face.
Well, mail her a postcard. Those gorillas may be up here any minute.arise suddenly
The man says something came up and he must sail at once, making his change of plan sound forced.
Something unexpected came up. Uh, I'm sailing right away.Came and up link into one sound.
Something unexpected came up. Uh, I'm sailing right away.The t in not often drops before coming.
As a matter of fact, I'm not coming back at all.all the money saved
You know, all those little people who have invested their life savings.wish clause: After wish the clause uses a past form to mark an unreal or unlikely hope.
I only wish there was something I could... I could do for you.private knowledge
You've given me all that inside information.modal perfect passive: Should have been done says something was expected to happen but has not, with mild reproach.
They should have been delivered by now.a farewell gift
Oh, that. Just a little going-away present.extremely valuable
Sugar marvels that the diamonds must be worth their weight in gold, though she treasures the gesture.
They must be worth their weight in gold.how thankful I am
But I wanted you to know how very grateful I am for what you did for me.whew — An exclamation of relief or disgust.
- Good-bye, my darling. - Phew.hurry away
I don't know about the captain, but the navigator's gettin' his tail out of here.the same old stunts — Casual; says someone is up to their usual games.
Joe, you're not pulling one of your old tricks!no hidden trick
Joe speaks like a magician, saying nothing up my sleeve to prove he is playing it straight.
No tricks, no mirrors. Nothing up my sleeve.honest, genuine
Joe swears it is on the level, trying to convince Jerry he is not playing a trick again.
- It's on the level this time. - You...「The Millionaire Breaks Up With Sugar」を読み解く
What's really going on
Everything about this call is performance. The man speaks in the language of business — "oil interests in Venezuela," "the board of directors have decided on a merger," "a man in my position has a certain responsibility to the stockholders" — and uses "high finance" to make a plain breakup sound impressive. Sugar hears affection in every line; the viewer sees the machinery of lying. The same man she met on the beach, who once teased her with a theory about men who wear glasses, now files her away as "a merger." The scene's joke is the gap between the grandeur of money talk and the small, cowardly act underneath it: leaving without a real goodbye. Even the gifts that keep arriving — orchids, a diamond bracelet — are part of the exit, not the romance.
Theme
MoneyThe breakup is dressed in business words — mergers, oil, stockholders — as if money could make an exit sound noble.
DeceptionEvery warm word on the call hides the plan to leave; 'high finance' is the polished name for a lie.
このチャプターで学べること
- A lover's call turns into a business exit.
- High finance is the excuse for a broken promise.
- Sugar hears romance in every smooth phrase.
- The diamonds arrive just before the goodbye.
発音のポイント
- gonna grab — Gonna weakens and runs straight into grab.
- came up — Came and up link into one sound.
- not coming — The t in not often drops before coming.
Well, it's all rather complicated. What we call high finance.A grand-sounding excuse for the breakup: he waves off all questions by calling it complicated, high-level finance.
As a matter of fact, I'm not coming back at all.The real message buried in the business talk — he is not returning, and the romance is effectively over.
You know, a man in my position has a certain responsibility to the stockholders.A comically high-minded reason for dumping Sugar: he frames his own exit as a duty to the small investors.
Since when? You usually walk out and leave 'em with nothing but a kick in the teeth.A jab at Joe's history with women: he used to leave them hurt and nothing more. The line paints the old Joe as a heartbreaker.
But that's the way the oil gushes.A mock-profound punchline: the marriage-for-oil deal is just how business — and oil — works, so nobody should be surprised.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the millionaire break up with Sugar?
He says he must sail immediately for a merger in Venezuela and will not come back at all. The business talk hides a simpler fact: he is ending things with Sugar and marrying the oil man's daughter.
What does "high finance" mean here?
It means big, complicated money dealings. He uses the phrase to make a plain breakup sound like serious business, as if the decision were beyond his control.
Why do Joe and Jerry plan to sneak away?
The mobsters may come upstairs at any moment, so the two of them want to sell the bracelet, take the money, and get out of the hotel before they are found.
Where does the diamond bracelet go?
It disappears. Jerry planned to sell it to fund their escape, and when he goes to grab it, it is gone — Joe implies he has already used it and insists there were no tricks.
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