bring someone on stage
All right, all right. Let's bring out a woman who's always in the mood.The Last Boy Scout · 1991 — 第 4 / 20 章 · 3'12" · B2
Joe Faces Off With Jimmy Dix, Explained：rain on your parade
Joe is filling in as a bodyguard for the dancer Cory when her boyfriend, the disgraced quarterback Jimmy Dix, starts circling. Joe stays calm and needling: "Nobody's raining on your parade," he says, before reciting Jimmy's whole fallen career. "Water's wet, the sky is blue, women have secrets" sets the tone for a fight of words.
あらすじ
Joe Hallenbeck takes a job filling in as a bodyguard for Cory, a star dancer at a club. Her boyfriend, former quarterback Jimmy Dix, resents the presence of this older man and starts needling him. Joe gives as good as he gets, trading insults and refusing to reveal whether Cory is in trouble, until he calmly recites the details of Jimmy's disgraced career.
注目の表現
rain on your paradein the mooddon't sweat itfill in
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このシーンの表現
rain on your parade
spoiling someone's good time
When the young man accuses Joe of watching Cory, Joe says he is not spoiling anyone's fun.
I don't want to rain on your parade, but check the fine print.
このシーンの他の表現
- in the mood
feeling like it
- don't sweat it
don't worry about it
- fill in
substitute for someone
- chickenshit
a coward, said crudely
- wasted youth
a youth thrown away
このシーンのメモ一覧
46 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
spoil someone's fun
Take it easy, junior. Nobody's raining on your parade. I'm just keeping an eye on her.present continuous: The continuous stresses what is happening right now, denying any attack on the kid.
Take it easy, junior. Nobody's raining on your parade. I'm just keeping an eye on her.Take it easy runs together into one smooth phrase.
Take it easy, junior. Nobody's raining on your parade. I'm just keeping an eye on her.tell someone about something
She didn't mention anything to me.an obvious truth
Water's wet, the sky is blue, women have secrets.substitute for someone
She hired my buddy Mike. I'm just filling in.if-clause: The if-clause sets a possible situation; the main clause states his intention.
If she's in some kind of trouble, I wanna know about it.a teasing name for a man
- Confidential, big boy. - Well, why don't you just tell me anyway?a teasing name for a man — A teasing, slightly condescending address for a man.
- Confidential, big boy. - Well, why don't you just tell me anyway?an absurd yardstick for uselessness
Man, you couldn't protect a cup of warm piss.The end of protect links straight into a cup.
Man, you couldn't protect a cup of warm piss.a useless thing — Crude mocking; only in rough casual talk.
Man, you couldn't protect a cup of warm piss.just go and do it
Why don't you just go ahead and hit me?punch someone in the face
Come on, chickenshit. Bust me in the chops.a coward — A crude insult likely to start a fight.
Come on, chickenshit. Bust me in the chops.tag question: The tag do you turns a negative statement into a challenge.
You don't think an old guy like me could hurt you, do you, Jimmy?An old guy links into a single flowing phrase.
You don't think an old guy like me could hurt you, do you, Jimmy?appositive: The noun phrase after the comma renames him, like reading from a file.
James Alexander Dix, quarterback for the L.A. Stallions, '89, '90.a youth thrown away
After listing Jimmy's scandals, Joe caps it with a jab about wasted youth.
Another tragic tale of wasted youth.a contemptible person
Joe introduces himself as a private detective, and Jimmy calls him a lowlife anyway.
- I'm a private detective. - You're a fucking lowlife to me.a contemptible person — A harsh label; never use it politely.
- I'm a private detective. - You're a fucking lowlife to me.waste something completely
At least I didn't shit my talent away on coke.squander, said crudely — Crude verb for wasting something; avoid in formal talk.
At least I didn't shit my talent away on coke.cheer for someone
Uh... Let's hear it for Miss Cory.「Joe Faces Off With Jimmy Dix」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a verbal duel that sets up the whole film. Joe is an outsider doing a favour, and Jimmy is a fallen star who cannot stand being questioned by someone he sees as beneath him. Joe, though, has already done his homework, and his calm is the weapon: he lets Jimmy talk, then answers with details about his own past. "Water's wet, the sky is blue, women have secrets," Joe says, a line that is really about how little he is impressed. The two men trade insults because neither can afford to back down, but the real subject is respect: Jimmy needs to be somebody, and Joe keeps refusing to give it. By the time Joe recites Jimmy's career and his addictions back to him, the insult has become a power move, and the fight is already decided.
Theme
PrideTwo proud men trade insults at a club, each refusing to give the other the respect he demands.
PowerJoe wins the exchange by staying calm and reciting Jimmy's history, controlling the room without throwing a punch.
このチャプターで学べること
- A calm reassurance can double as a warning.
- Listing truisms is a way of winning an argument.
- Old records are weapons in this club.
- The funniest line here is a ruined metaphor.
発音のポイント
- Take it easy — Take it easy runs together into one smooth phrase.
- protect a cup — The end of protect links straight into a cup.
- an old guy — An old guy links into a single flowing phrase.
Take it easy, junior. Nobody's raining on your parade. I'm just keeping an eye on her.Joe's first move: a calm put-down that claims he is only doing his job, while making clear he will not be pushed.
Water's wet, the sky is blue, women have secrets.A deadpan list of obvious truths, used to dismiss Jimmy's outrage about Cory keeping things from him.
Man, you couldn't protect a cup of warm piss.Joe's blunt verdict on Jimmy's bodyguard skills, delivered to provoke him into a fight.
Come on, chickenshit. Bust me in the chops.Joe openly inviting the younger man to throw a punch, turning the threat into a dare.
- I'm a private detective. - You're a fucking lowlife to me.The exchange that defines their relationship: Joe states his job, and Jimmy answers with pure contempt.
At least I didn't shit my talent away on coke.Joe's counterpunch: whatever his own failings, he did not destroy his gifts the way Jimmy did.
I spilled my warm cup of piss.A deadpan callback to Joe's earlier insult, delivered as a joke after he is knocked down.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Joe at the club?
He is filling in for his friend Mike, who was hired as a bodyguard for the dancer Cory. Mike has died, so Joe takes the job to keep an eye on her.
Why do Joe and Jimmy fight?
Jimmy, Cory's boyfriend, resents Joe watching her and starts needling him. Joe answers every insult and refuses to tell Jimmy whether Cory is in trouble.
What does 'rain on your parade' mean?
It means to spoil someone's good mood or plans. Joe uses it to tell Jimmy that he is not there to ruin anything, only to do his job.
Who is Jimmy Dix?
He is a former quarterback for the L.A. Stallions, banned from the league on gambling charges and hit with drug allegations. Joe recites his whole fall to provoke him.
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第 1 章a hard timeJoe Comes Home After Midnight
第 2 章count to threeJoe Catches Mike in the Closet
第 3 章get a rise out ofJoe and Sarah's Bitter Fight
再生中 · 第 4 章rain on your paradeJoe Faces Off With Jimmy Dix
第 5 章chopped liverHenchman Taunts Before the Hit
第 6 章beef with someoneJoe Reads Mike's Statement
第 7 章circumventJoe and Jimmy Banter in the Car
第 8 章by the nutsJoe and Jimmy Find the Evidence
第 9 章take the heatJoe and Jimmy Survive a Car Bomb
第 10 章go figureJoe and Jimmy Team Up
第 11 章go easy onJoe and Darian Argue Over Ice Cream
第 12 章out of nowhereJoe Tells Jimmy About Alex
第 13 章feel sorry for yourselfJimmy Tells Joe How He Fell
第 14 章in the meantimeJoe Kills Chet and Meets Milo
第 15 章for the cheap seatsMarcone Explains His Football Plan
第 16 章cover your tracksDarian Follows Joe on the Case
第 17 章friskMilo's Briefcase Bomb Plan
第 18 章dance a jigJoe and Jimmy Race to the Coliseum
第 19 章have no truck withMarcone Holds Darian Hostage
第 20 章pull the triggerJoe Bluffs With a Plastic Key第 4 / 20 章 · 残り約 49 分