The Godfather · 1972 — 第 4 / 9 章 · 3'20" · B2

Luca Brasi Sleeps with the Fishes, Explained:sleeps with the fishes

On the surface, the news is medical: a father is in the hospital and may pull through. Underneath, the family is naming enemies and talking about who has to die. One line explains the message, "It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes," and another claims that if Sollozzo is removed, everything falls into line.

あらすじ

A father is in the hospital, and someone reports he may pull through. Luca Brasi is dead: "It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes." Sollozzo and the Tattaglias are named as bad blood. Asked if those men will be killed, someone answers, "Stay out of it." Paulie sold out the old man. Removing Sollozzo, one voice says, makes everything fall into line.

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注目の表現

bad bloodsleeps with the fishespull throughstay out of it

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このシーンの表現

sleeps with the fishes

has been killed and dumped in the water

索洛佐送来一条死鱼,泰西奥解读出这是西西里的暗号,意味着卢卡已经遇害。

In the film, the message means the man sleeps with the fishes.

このシーンの他の表現

  • bad blood

    lasting hostility between people

  • pull through

    to survive a serious illness or crisis

  • stay out of it

    to not get involved in a situation

このシーンのメモ一覧

37 行のセリフに 37 件のメモ

表現 · B2pull through

to survive a serious illness or crisis

Your mother is at the hospital with your father. Looks like he'll pull through.
文法 · B1he'll pull through

looks like plus clause

Your mother is at the hospital with your father. Looks like he'll pull through.
表現 · B2bad blood

lasting hostility between people

It's a lot of bad blood. Sollozzo, Philip Tattaglia, Bruno Tattaglia, Ramon...
表現 · B1stay out of something

to not get involved in a situation

-You gonna kill all those guys? -Stay out of it.
表現 · B1get rid of someoneIf you get rid of Sollozzo, everything falls into line.
表現 · B2fall into lineIf you get rid of Sollozzo, everything falls into line.
発音get rid of

flap

If you get rid of Sollozzo, everything falls into line.
表現 · B2sell outIf Luca sold out, we're in a lot of trouble.
表現 · B1be in a lot of troubleIf Luca sold out, we're in a lot of trouble.
文法 · B1If Luca sold out

conditional clause

If Luca sold out, we're in a lot of trouble.
表現 · B1be in touch with someone-Has anyone been in touch with Luca? -We've been trying all night.
表現 · A2do someone a favor-Hey, do me a favor... -Luca never sleeps over with a broad.
表現 · B1sleep over-Hey, do me a favor... -Luca never sleeps over with a broad.
発音do me a favor

flap

-Hey, do me a favor... -Luca never sleeps over with a broad.
スラング · B2broad-Hey, do me a favor... -Luca never sleeps over with a broad.
表現 · B1the old manWell, Tom, you're consigliere. What do we do if the old man dies?
表現 · B2political contactsIf we lose the old man, we lose the political contacts and half our strength.
表現 · B2avoid a long warThe other New York families might support Sollozzo to avoid a long war.
表現 · B1make a dealyou make the deal.
表現 · B1easy to say-Easy to say. He's not your father. -I'm as much a son as you or Mike.
表現 · B2as much a X as someone-Easy to say. He's not your father. -I'm as much a son as you or Mike.
文法 · B2as much a son as

as much ... as comparison

-Easy to say. He's not your father. -I'm as much a son as you or Mike.
表現 · B2stay put-Paulie, I told you to stay put. -The guy at the gates has a package.
表現 · B2sweat it out-No. -A drink? Brandy will sweat it out.
スラング · B2son-of-a-bitchTake care of that son-of-a-bitch. Paulie sold out the old man.
表現 · B2the first thing on one's list-Make that the first thing on your list. -Understood.
表現 · B2be mixed up in somethingMaybe we shouldn't get Mike mixed up in this too directly.
表現 · B1hang aroundHanging around the house on the phone would be a big help.
表現 · A2be a big helpHanging around the house on the phone would be a big help.
文法 · B2Hanging around the house

gerund as subject

Hanging around the house on the phone would be a big help.
表現 · B2sleep with the fishes

has been killed and dumped in the water

It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
発音sleeps with the fishes

liaison

It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
表現 · A2rear-view mirrorRocco, sit on the other side. You block the rear-view mirror.
表現 · A2on the other sideRocco, sit on the other side. You block the rear-view mirror.
表現 · B2run wildSonny's running wild. He wants to go to mattresses already.
表現 · B2go to the mattressesSonny's running wild. He wants to go to mattresses already.
表現 · A2watch someoneWatch the kids.

「Luca Brasi Sleeps with the Fishes」を読み解く

What's really going on

The hospital report sounds hopeful and does little to comfort anyone. "Looks like he'll pull through" only means the father might live. The other news will not say it plainly: "It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes." He is dead. "It's a lot of bad blood" names Sollozzo, Philip Tattaglia, and Bruno Tattaglia. Asked "You gonna kill all those guys?" someone answers only "Stay out of it." The fight inside is over who may claim the loss. "Easy to say. He's not your father" treats it as a blood right. "I'm as much a son as you or Mike" asks for the same standing. "Paulie sold out the old man" closes the case on a traitor. "If you get rid of Sollozzo, everything falls into line" makes a killing sound like cleanup. Hope, a corpse, and a tidy plan share the same talk.

Theme

BetrayalPaulie is named as the man who sold out the old man, turning the father's danger into an inside betrayal.
RevengeGetting rid of Sollozzo is pitched as the move that makes everything fall into line, a killing offered as order.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Hope can still leave the danger open
  • A short order can exclude a brother
  • Sold out here means betrayal
  • A list item can rank a killing

発音のポイント

  • get rid of — flap
  • do me a favor — flap
  • sleeps with the fishes — liaison
It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.

A death notice in code. Luca is not asleep; the fishes mean the body has been sunk, and someone is translating that for the room.

-Easy to say. He's not your father. -I'm as much a son as you or Mike.

One voice says it is easy to call for blood when the father is not yours. The reply claims a son's standing equal to the listener and to Mike.

Take care of that son-of-a-bitch. Paulie sold out the old man.

An order hitched to a verdict. Paulie is accused of selling out the old man, and someone is told to deal with him.

If you get rid of Sollozzo, everything falls into line.

Removing Sollozzo is sold as the single move that pulls every other problem back into order. Murder is phrased like housekeeping.

このシーンについての質問

Why does someone say Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes?

The line is a translation, and it opens with "It means." Luca is not off fishing. In this conversation the fishes are how the family is told he is dead, the body sunk, without a plainer word for it.

Is "He's not your father" a fair argument?

It draws a hard line: the right to want blood belongs only to the wounded man's own son. The answer beside it refuses that gate: "I'm as much a son as you or Mike." Both claims are spoken. Neither one is awarded.

What would make everything fall into line?

Getting rid of Sollozzo. That is the whole theory in the line. The same talk has already listed a wider grudge — Sollozzo, Philip Tattaglia, Bruno Tattaglia — so one removal is being asked to settle more than one name.

Why answer "You gonna kill all those guys?" with "Stay out of it"?

The reply does not say yes, does not say no, and does not share a plan. It tells the asker the decision is closed to them. Whatever happens to those men is not a topic for that person.

Who sold out the old man?

Paulie. The line names him and nothing else: "Paulie sold out the old man." There is no code to translate, unlike the fishes. The words in front of that name order someone to take care of him.

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