Some Like It Hot · 1959 — 第 15 / 19 章 · 3'45" · B2

Jerry Gets Engaged to Osgood, Explained:get away with something

Jerry is engaged — to Osgood, a millionaire — and is already planning the payoff. "I'll tell him the truth when the time comes," he says, expecting a quick annulment and monthly alimony. Joe, horrified, counters with "There are laws, conventions," but Jerry's answer is that this may be his last chance to marry a millionaire.

あらすじ

Back in their room, Jerry announces he is engaged to Osgood and planning a June wedding. Joe points out that Jerry is a man, which Jerry brushes aside. Jerry's plan: tell the truth after the ceremony, get a quick annulment, collect a settlement and monthly alimony. Joe begs him to drop it and repeats, "You're a boy," until Sugar arrives to chat.

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このシーンの表現

get away with something

escape blame for

Joe hears Jerry's marriage scheme and asks how he could ever 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

  • under control

    managed, not chaotic

  • out of your mind

    acting crazy

  • for good

    permanently

  • get fresh

    make a pass

  • as a matter of fact

    in fact

このシーンのメモ一覧

72 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B1under control

managed, not chaotic

Joe opens by asking if everything is under control, checking in before Jerry spills his news.

- Everything under control? - Have I got things to tell you.
表現 · B1the lucky ...

the fortunate one

Congratulations. Who's the lucky girl?
表現 · B1propose to someone

ask someone to marry you

Osgood proposed to me. We're planning a June wedding.
文法 · A2you're not a girl

negative be clause: A plain negative be clause states the mismatch: not a girl, but a guy.

But... But you're not a girl. You're a guy.
表現 · B2get away with something

escape blame for

Joe hears Jerry's marriage scheme and asks how he could ever get away with it.

Jerry, you're out of your mind! How are you gonna get away with this?
発音out of your

Out of your blurs into outta-yer.

Jerry, you're out of your mind! How are you gonna get away with this?
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Spoken shorthand; keep it out of formal writing.

Jerry, you're out of your mind! How are you gonna get away with this?
表現 · B2alimony checks

support payments

Then we get a quick annulment, he makes a nice settlement on me, and I keep gettin' those alimony checks every month.
文法 · B2he makes a nice settlement on me

compound clauses: Three clauses joined by and lay out the whole scheme like a ledger.

Then we get a quick annulment, he makes a nice settlement on me, and I keep gettin' those alimony checks every month.
表現 · B2not being done

not acceptable here

There are laws, conventions. It's just not being done.
表現 · B1one's last chance

final opportunity

Shh! Joe, this may be my last chance to marry a millionaire.
表現 · B1take someone's advice

follow my counsel

Jerry, will you take my advice? Forget about the whole thing, will you?
スラング · B2bum

a loser or tramp — Insulting; fine in a fight, not in polite talk.

What do you think, my fiancé is a bum? Now I guess I'll have to give it back to him.
表現 · B1for good

permanently

Sugar says she is off that stuff for good, meaning she has quit for good and all.

Oh, no. I'm off that stuff for good.
発音off that

Off and that run together, almost like o-that.

Oh, no. I'm off that stuff for good.
表現 · C1suicidally beautiful

beautiful to the point of pain

It was suicidally beautiful.
表現 · B2get fresh with someone

make a pass

Joe asks whether the man got fresh with Sugar; she denies it and says it was the other way around.

- Did he get fresh? - Of course not.
発音Did he

Did he blurs toward did-ee in fast speech.

- Did he get fresh? - Of course not.
表現 · B1the other way around

the reverse

Sugar says it was the other way around, reversing who needed what from whom.

As a matter of fact, it was just the other way around.
スラング · A2Gee

gee whiz — Old-fashioned exclamation of surprise or regret.

Gee, I wish I'd been there.
表現 · B2get up one's nerve

summon courage

Sugar is sure he will propose as soon as he gets up his nerve.

I think he's going to propose to me, soon as he gets up his nerve.
文法 · B2soon as he gets up his nerve

reduced time clause: Soon as drops the first as; it means as soon as he gathers courage.

I think he's going to propose to me, soon as he gets up his nerve.
表現 · B2if only someone could ...

if only we could

If we could only find somebody for you.

「Jerry Gets Engaged to Osgood」を読み解く

What's really going on

The comedy sits on a straight-faced absurdity: Jerry is a man in a dress calmly discussing a wedding, a honeymoon, and alimony as if they were logistics. Joe keeps appealing to reality — "But you're not a girl. You're a guy" — while Jerry treats marriage as arithmetic: quick annulment, a nice settlement, alimony checks every month. What Joe calls "laws, conventions" is his plea to protect his friend, but Jerry hears only the prize: "this may be my last chance to marry a millionaire." The scene's real subject is not romance but security, spoken aloud in a single word: "Security." Jerry's insistence on the role is played for laughs, yet it carries the film's running joke about what people will pretend to be for money and comfort.

Theme

MoneyJerry's scheme is pure economics: marry, annul, take a settlement, and live on alimony — love never enters the plan.
IdentityThe whole argument is about who Jerry is: Joe insists 'you're a guy,' while Jerry chooses the role that pays.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Jerry treats marriage as a business plan.
  • Joe's warning is law and manners, not romance.
  • Sugar's entrance cuts the argument short.
  • Alimony turns a wedding into income.

発音のポイント

  • out of your — Out of your blurs into outta-yer.
  • off that — Off and that run together, almost like o-that.
  • Did he — Did he blurs toward did-ee in fast speech.
There are laws, conventions. It's just not being done.

Joe's argument against the wedding: society has rules, and a man marrying a man is simply not something people do. It is about tradition, not a specific legal threat.

Shh! Joe, this may be my last chance to marry a millionaire.

Jerry's reason for going through with it: he sees the rich Osgood as a chance he cannot afford to pass up.

I'm going to see him again tonight and every night.

Jerry's giddy vow about the new romance, said while still keeping his real identity from Osgood.

But... But you're not a girl. You're a guy.

Joe's blunt reminder of the fact Jerry keeps ignoring — or choosing to ignore — as he plans the wedding.

Then we get a quick annulment, he makes a nice settlement on me, and I keep gettin' those alimony checks every month.

Jerry spells out the business plan: a short marriage, a quick annulment, a payoff, and steady alimony afterward.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Jerry want to marry Osgood?

For security and money. Jerry jokes that a guy marrying a guy makes no sense, but when Joe asks why, his one-word answer is "Security." He also calls it his last chance to marry a millionaire.

How does Jerry plan to handle the truth?

He says he will tell Osgood the truth right after the ceremony, get a quick annulment, take a settlement, and keep collecting alimony checks every month.

Is Joe threatening Jerry with a specific law?

Not exactly. "There are laws, conventions" is Joe's way of saying society has rules and a man marrying a man is simply not done — tradition more than a specific statute.

Does Joe change his mind about the engagement present?

Yes. When Jerry says he will give Osgood's diamond bracelet back, Joe suddenly says not to be hasty and asks whether they really want to hurt Osgood's feelings — the diamonds change his tune.

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