the person behind it
Startled by the raid, the General asks if Wilson is the ringleader of this outrage.
Are you the ringleader of this outrage?The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943 — 第 3 / 30 章 · 4'11" · B2
General Wynne-Candy Is Taken Prisoner, Explained：my foot
The exercise is called off before it begins: young soldiers storm the baths and take the general prisoner hours early. When he protests that "war starts at midnight," he is told the rules do not matter — "On the authority of these guns and these men."
あらすじ
Young officers burst into the steam room and arrest General Wynne-Candy as a prisoner of the exercise, hours before it is due to start. He objects that war begins at midnight; they answer that the timetable is just a rule the enemy will ignore. The argument becomes a lecture on how wars are really won.
注目の表現
no time to wastebeg your pardonthe ringleaderthe steam room
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このシーンの表現
my foot
nonsense
The General calls the truce agreed, and Wilson flatly answers my foot, refusing the whole premise.
A fair deal, my foot; they kept the best parts.
このシーンの他の表現
- no time to waste
no time to lose
- beg your pardon
excuse me; what did you say
- the ringleader
the person behind it
- the steam room
the hot steam room
- kicking us in the pants
treating us badly
このシーンのメモ一覧
76 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
military drill
This is an Army exercise. You're all prisoners. Now, stay where you are.lead me there
Come on, then, show me the way. Go on.Run go and away together without a pause.
Go away.no time to lose
Wilson hesitates over the arrest, and the General snaps that he has no time to waste.
Well, say it, man, say it. I've no time to waste.excuse me; what did you say
When the General tells him he has all night, Wilson asks him to repeat it with a startled beg your pardon.
I beg your pardon, sir?have the whole night Not owning a night but having plenty of time on your hands.
You've got all night, sir.The t in can't is often dropped before come, so it sounds like can-come.
I'm afraid he can't come.by what right
But may I ask on what authority?Link dare and you into one smooth run.
How dare you, sir! How dare you!Stress both words: a clipped get and a drawn-out out.
Get out!inside that case Here it means inside the case, not the usual 'if so'.
But you can't do that! Look, the code is in that case.a mockery
The whole exercise'll be a farce - if you have that code. - Oh, no,what makes you sure
How do you know the enemy says so too?present perfect passive: Have been kept is passive and present perfect, asking what has been honoured up to now.
How many agreements have been kept by the enemy since war began?relative clause: The clause I made describes the agreement and is joined to it without that.
When I joined the Army, the only agreement I made was to defend my country,stick to the rules
They're counting on us to keep to the rules. They openly boast about it!forty years from now
The General stretches the argument to in 40 years' time, warning the boy he will be old as well.
You're an extremely impudent young officer, but let me tell you that in 40 years' time you will be an old gentleman too.cheeky; rude — A formal scolding word for cheek, rare in casual speech.
You're an extremely impudent young officer, but let me tell you that in 40 years' time you will be an old gentleman too.raise your fists
Out-talked and furious, the General resorts to his fists: Put 'em up means guard yourself.
You young puppy! Put 'em up. Take that.cocky youngster — An older person's scolding for a cocky youth, cross but not filthy.
You young puppy! Put 'em up. Take that.tag question: The opening Do you is dropped and the tag do you returns at the end as a challenge.
Think you can say what you like to an old 'un, do you?old fellow — A clipped, old-fashioned way to say old one, slightly self-mocking.
Think you can say what you like to an old 'un, do you?still in short trousers Bumfreezers are dated boys' jackets, here meaning still a child.
I was fighting for my country when your father was still in bumfreezers!thug — A heavy insult hurled in anger, not for casual use.
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What's really going on
The scene is a generational argument staged as a military exercise. Wynne-Candy, the old soldier, believes in the agreed rules — war begins at midnight, so no one may move before then. The young officer answers with the logic the film keeps returning to: the enemy never honoured those rules, so "we agree to keep to the rules, and they go on kicking us in the pants." What is really being contested is not the timetable but the idea of war itself: the general's notion of a fair, rule-bound contest against the younger man's willingness to win by any method. Wynne-Candy's reply, that he promised only to defend his country, by every means since Cain killed Abel, is the film's central question. The two of them circle each other with insults and dignity, and the exercise turns into a rehearsal for a much larger change.
Theme
GenerationsThe old soldier and the young officer argue about rules and honour, with Wynne-Candy defending an older code and the lieutenant insisting that code is why they keep losing.
DutyWynne-Candy's own claim is duty, not rules: he says he swore only to defend his country 'by every means,' which puts him and his critic closer than either admits.
このチャプターで学べること
- My foot flatly denies the word before it.
- Kicking us in the pants means being treated badly.
- Beg your pardon can ask for a repeat or apologise.
- Authority repeated becomes pure scorn.
発音のポイント
- Go away — Run go and away together without a pause.
- can't come — The t in can't is often dropped before come, so it sounds like can-come.
- dare you — Link dare and you into one smooth run.
- Get out — Stress both words: a clipped get and a drawn-out out.
On the authority of these guns and these men.The young officer's answer to a demand for legitimate orders: his authority is simply force, which is exactly the logic the old soldier cannot accept.
We agree to keep to the rules, and they go on kicking us in the pants.The argument against fighting fair: one side keeps its promises while the other keeps breaking them, which is framed as self-defeating honour.
I was fighting for my country when your father was still in bumfreezers!An age-based put-down: the general measures the younger man's inexperience by his own service, invoking a childhood image to make the point sting.
If your belly keeps pace with your head, you'll have a bigger one than any of us.A backhanded insult about the young man's confidence: if his pride grows as fast as his mind, he will end up the biggest of them all.
You're an extremely impudent young officer, but let me tell you that in 40 years' time you will be an old gentleman too.The general's warning that youth does not last: the young officer will some day be the old man being mocked, so he should watch how he treats one.
このシーンについての質問
Why do the soldiers arrest the general before midnight?
Because they treat the exercise as real war, not a game with agreed rules. Attacking early is their whole point: the enemy would never wait for a scheduled start.
What does "my foot" mean?
It is a dismissive reply, close to 'nonsense' or 'no way,' used to reject what someone has just said. Here it tears up the claim that the rules were agreed on.
Why does the general refuse to accept the early attack?
Because for him war is a contest with rules. If both sides simply do whatever they like, he argues, the exercise — and the whole idea of honour — becomes a farce.
What is the general's real objection?
He is defending a code, not a schedule. He admits his oath was only to defend his country, which suggests the dispute is really about how war should be fought, not when it starts.
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