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Steel Magnolias · 1989 — 第 3 / 16 章 · 5'02" · B1

Shelby's Wedding Morning, Explained：a bone to pick with

On her wedding morning, Jackson sneaks into Shelby's room and refuses to leave, though she warns 'It's bad luck to see me before the wedding.' Downstairs, Ouiser arrives to settle a score with Drum about a nervous dog and a disputed magnolia tree.

あらすじ

Jackson steals into Shelby's room on her wedding morning, and when she warns him it is bad luck to see her, he still presses her to promise she will marry him. Meanwhile, Ouiser storms over to confront Drum about his noise and her ailing dog.

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このシーンの表現

a bone to pick with

a complaint to settle

Ouiser barges in accusing Drum of upsetting her dog, already braced for a fight.

I have a bone to pick with the delivery service.

このシーンの他の表現

  • keep your eye on

    watch closely

  • go through with

    carry something out

  • egg someone on

    urge someone on

  • at the end of my rope

    out of patience

  • on his last legs

    nearly finished

このシーンのメモ一覧

96 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · B1talk some sense into someone

reason with someone

I'm going to talk some sense into you.
表現 · A2it's bad luck to do something

unlucky

It's bad luck to see me before the wedding.
表現 · B1go through with something

carry something out

Jackson slips in before the wedding to make sure Shelby still means to go through with it.

You want to go through with this.
表現 · A2give something back

return something

I don't want to give back all the wedding presents.
文法 · B2whether or not I can carry your children will not matter

subject clause: The whether-clause is the subject of will not matter.

If Daddy catches you in here, whether or not I can carry your children will not matter.
発音catches you in

Catches you in blurs into one quick run.

If Daddy catches you in here, whether or not I can carry your children will not matter.
表現 · A2keep an eye on someone

watch closely

Leaving for the salon, M'Lynn orders Jonathan to watch his younger brother Tommy.

Jonathan, keep your eye on your brother Tommy.
発音Am I my

Am I my runs together into one blur.

Am I my brother's keeper?
表現 · A2come by

stop by

That horrible woman is coming by to deliver the groom's cake in about an...
文法 · A2'cause Jackson likes it down

causal clause: 'Cause is the spoken short form of because, introducing the reason.

I'm wearing my hair down 'cause Jackson likes it down.
文法 · B1would be prettier

subjunctive: Would be softens the suggestion into a hypothetical preference.

The veil would be prettier with your hair up.
スラング · B2shit

damn — Strong swearing; never in polite speech.

Oh, shit!
発音know you're in

Know you're in links across the word boundaries.

Open the door! I know you're in there!
スラング · C1hammered shit

utterly awful — Crude teasing; only with close friends.

Ouiser, you look like hammered shit.
スラング · C1regular shit

plain awful — A crude joke; do not copy it.

I'm sorry. You look like regular shit.
表現 · B2have a bone to pick with someone

have a complaint

I have such a bone to pick with you.
表現 · B2egg someone on

urge someone on

The dog barks at the visitor while Drum enjoys it, so M'Lynn warns him to stop encouraging it.

Stop egging him on.
表現 · B2a nervous condition

a nervous disorder

Whitey Black says that all this noise that you've been making around here for the last few days has been causing a nervous condition in my dog.
文法 · B2has been causing

perfect continuous: Has been causing stresses an ongoing effect reaching the present.

Whitey Black says that all this noise that you've been making around here for the last few days has been causing a nervous condition in my dog.
発音that you've been

That and you've both reduce in fast speech.

Whitey Black says that all this noise that you've been making around here for the last few days has been causing a nervous condition in my dog.
スラング · B2moron

idiot — Insulting; never say it to someone's face.

Whitey Black is a moron.
表現 · C1opposable thumbs

grasping thumbs

I'm not even sure he has opposable thumbs.
スラング · A2Ecch

ugh — A casual sound of disgust.

Ecch. Leave me alone.
表現 · B2put an animal to sleep

euthanize (a pet)

your dog out of your will and had an ungrateful nephew put to sleep.
表現 · B1at the end of one's rope

out of patience

After listing her troubles, Ouiser admits she has run out of patience with all of it.

I'm at the end of my rope.
スラング · B2five zillion

countless — Loose exaggeration; fine in casual talk.

I got to scare away about five zillion birds this afternoon before Shelby's reception.
表現 · B1make it a point to do something

make a firm rule

Drum explains he must chase the birds, since otherwise he would face his wife, which he refuses on principle.

If I don't, I'll have to deal with my wife, and I make it a point never to deal with my wife.
表現 · B2on one's last legs

nearly finished

As Ouiser lists the dog's ailments, Drum coolly answers that it is near the end anyway.

But that dog is on his last legs.
表現 · B1a matter of taste

down to preference

It's a matter of taste.

「Shelby's Wedding Morning」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is a comedy of crossed purposes, and it lets everyone be funny without letting anyone be simple. Jackson and Shelby's scene is playful, but underneath it is the couple's one real question, which the film will return to: whether she can safely have children. It surfaces only as a half joke — 'whether or not I can carry your children will not matter' — and then is buried again in talk of gifts and a VCR. The household scenes run on the same principle: the wedding is an event everyone serves and no one quite controls. Ouiser and Drum's feud over a dog and a magnolia tree is absurd, but both of them are alone and aging, and their insults are a form of company. Even the exchange about the dog's condition — 'that dog is on his last legs' — brushes against the film's real subject, loss, before Drum turns it into a punchline.

Theme

Family loveA wedding morning swallows the whole household, from the bride's nerves to her parents' bickering, in ordinary family chaos.
LonelinessOuiser and Drum trade insults over a sick dog and a tree, but the quarrel is also two lonely people keeping each other company.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A wedding superstition can also be a way to tease.
  • Jackson's real question is fear of being left.
  • Ouiser argues about a dog but means to be heard.
  • Old neighbors fight like family and forgive the same way.

発音のポイント

  • catches you in — Catches you in blurs into one quick run.
  • Am I my — Am I my runs together into one blur.
  • know you're in — Know you're in links across the word boundaries.
  • that you've been — That and you've both reduce in fast speech.
It's bad luck to see me before the wedding.

Shelby's playful defence, using the old superstition to keep Jackson at arm's length while she makes up her mind.

If I don't, I'll have to deal with my wife, and I make it a point never to deal with my wife.

Drum's comic excuse for shooting at the birds, a joke about marriage that hides how much he actually answers to M'Lynn.

I'm not even sure he has opposable thumbs.

Ouiser's insult aimed at the vet, dismissing his diagnosis with the kind of vivid contempt only she manages.

Well, tie a noose in it and slip it over your head.

Ouiser's black reply to Drum's claim that he is at the end of his rope, turning his figure of speech against him.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Jackson in Shelby's room before the wedding?

He wants her to confirm that she will marry him. She teases him about the bad luck of seeing her, but finally tells him to meet her at two at the Presbyterian church.

What is Ouiser angry about?

Two things: Drum's noise has supposedly given her dog a nervous condition, and she wants the magnolias taken out of a tree whose ownership is still in dispute.

Why does Drum want to shoot at the birds?

He says he has to scare them off before Shelby's reception, because otherwise he will have to deal with his wife, which he claims never to do.

What does Ouiser mean by "a bone to pick with you"?

It means she has a grievance to settle with him. She uses it as she arrives at his door, ready to argue about the dog and the tree.

What is the joke about the dog?

Drum says the dog is on his last legs, and when he asks what to do with the poor animal, Ouiser suggests serving him on toast.

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