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- Got to go in a minute. - Why?The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943 — 第 30 / 30 章 · 2'27" · B1
Spud Plans to Capture the Wizard, Explained：anything goes
Over tea, Spud lays out the coming exercise: he has gathered intelligence on the Wizard's movements and means to capture him hours before midnight. The friend who gave him the information objects, and Spud's answer is blunt: "Don't be a sissy. In war, anything goes!"
あらすじ
During a tea break, Spud explains the plan for the exercise: he has the lowdown on the Wizard's movements and will capture him well before the war is supposed to start at midnight. He calls it Nazi methods, and when his friend objects that it is unfair to use the information, he answers that in war anything goes.
注目の表現
Sugar Candythe lowdown onanything goestake advantage of
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このシーンの表現
anything goes
no rules apply
Dismissing his friend's scruples, the soldier declares that in war no rules apply.
On this trip, anything goes, so don't plan too much.
このシーンの他の表現
- Sugar Candy
the General's nickname
- the lowdown on
the inside information on
- take advantage of
exploit to your benefit
- tin hat
a soldier's steel helmet
このシーンのメモ一覧
38 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
Got to reduces to gotta in fast speech.
- Got to go in a minute. - Why?come and see
Come and have a look.one's own troops
- My private army. - Well, what about it?along with other matters
Remember what you told me last night... amongst other things?noun clause: The what-clause is the object of remember, so it keeps statement order.
Remember what you told me last night... amongst other things?setting out to meet
- We're off to see him. - Who?the old general's nickname — An affectionate, half-respectful nickname for the old General.
- The wizard. - What for?all-out warfare
- Shut up, Spud. What do you mean? - We're going to teach him total war.Link bag and him so the g slides into him.
War starts at midnight, but we'll bag him hours before that.ruthless enemy tactics
- Nazi methods, you know. - You're not a Nazi.inversion: So triggers inversion: will comes before I, meaning I will be so too.
So will I be when I'm over 100. Ah, tea.what it would cost him
But, Spud, how can you do it? I know what it would mean to him.finish your drink
the toughest troops between here and New Zealand. Drink up.no rules apply
Dismissing his friend's scruples, the soldier declares that in war no rules apply.
Don't be a sissy. In war, anything goes!Stress anything and goes to make the line land.
Don't be a sissy. In war, anything goes!a timid, unmanly person — A mocking insult for someone seen as timid; rude if said to a person's face.
Don't be a sissy. In war, anything goes!elliptical negative: The trailing you don't drops its verb, a quick way to say you are not going to do that.
Oh, no, you don't.a spy, a femme fatale — A joking label for a cunning, dangerous woman, from a famous spy's name.
Mata Hari. Come on, quick.no chance at all
- Any luck? - Not a hope. She's halfway to London by now.a soldier's steel helmet
As the woman runs to warn the General, the soldier shouts for his helmet in old army slang.
She's gone to warn the Wizard. Get my tin hat. Get after her, quick!settle the bill for tea
- Who's going to pay for the tea? - The Sergeants' Mess.「Spud Plans to Capture the Wizard」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a friendly argument about the ethics of war, played over a cup of tea. Spud has used information given in confidence — "Oh, you would have" — and has no intention of letting fair play get in the way: "Don't be a sissy. In war, anything goes!" His friend is the moral centre, pointing out that the target is a decent old man, and that Spud is exploiting the very information that was handed to him. What makes the scene sting is that Spud wins: the plan goes ahead, and the older man, for all his decency, is caught in his pyjamas. The film keeps this argument unresolved, because it is the argument of the whole war.
Theme
PhilosophyThe tea-table argument stages a clash of wartime ethics: fair play versus total war, with the film refusing to settle it.
FriendshipThe objection comes from a friend who gave the information in confidence, which makes the betrayal feel personal rather than abstract.
このチャプターで学べること
- Anything goes excuses the worst behaviour in one line.
- Tin hat is old army slang for a steel helmet.
- Not a hope refuses a request completely.
- Sugar Candy teases the General through his own surname.
発音のポイント
- Got to — Got to reduces to gotta in fast speech.
- bag him — Link bag and him so the g slides into him.
- anything goes — Stress anything and goes to make the line land.
Don't be a sissy. In war, anything goes!Spud's blunt morality: calling his friend soft and declaring that no rule survives once a war has started.
War starts at midnight, but we'll bag him hours before that.The plan in one line: the exercise's rules say midnight, but Spud intends to break them and take the target early.
Yes, and I wish I hadn't told you.The friend's regret in a sentence: the information was shared in confidence, and Spud immediately turns it into a weapon.
So will I be when I'm over 100. Ah, tea.Spud's joke about the old general's decency, and the bathos of the tea arriving: the argument stops for a cup, which is the scene's whole tone.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Spud want to capture the Wizard?
To teach him a lesson about total war. Instead of waiting for the exercise to begin at midnight, Spud plans to catch him early, using intelligence about his movements.
Why does Spud's friend object?
Because Spud is using information that was given to him in confidence, and because the target is a decent old man. The friend thinks the plan is unfair and mean.
Who is the Wizard?
The old commander, known as Sugar Candy. He is the target of the exercise, and the friend clearly admires him, calling him a dear old man.
What does "anything goes" mean here?
It means no rules hold in wartime. Spud uses it to justify trickery and unfair tactics, which is exactly the attitude the older man and the friend disagree with.
What happens to Spud during the exercise?
He is caught by the woman playing Mata Hari and reports that he was got by her, which sends the others rushing to catch her before she warns the Wizard.
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第 2 章not a hopeThe Home Guard Exercise Turns Real
第 3 章my footGeneral Wynne-Candy Is Taken Prisoner
第 4 章by heartCandy Scolds Two Young Officers
第 5 章too hot for himselfClive Reports a Letter From Berlin
第 6 章as bad as all thatCandy Meets Edith in Berlin
第 7 章carry coals to NewcastleCandy and Edith Argue Politics
第 8 章asked for itCandy Confronts Kaunitz in Berlin
第 9 章draw lotsGerman Officers Demand a Duel
第 10 章Strictly between ourselvesThe Seconds Set the Duel Rules
第 11 章double or quitsEdith Visits Candy in Hospital
第 12 章took part inEdith and Candy Meet Theo
第 13 章keep your hair onCandy Audits the Nursing Home Bill
第 14 章cuckooTheo Tries to Confess His Love
第 15 章go off at half-cockCandy Toasts Edith and Theo
第 16 章wonders will never ceaseClive's Aunt Interrogates Him at Home
第 17 章a sure signOfficers Interrogate Ulan Prisoners
第 18 章play deafThe Brigadier Interrogates Prisoners
第 19 章have kittensCandy Can't Get a Train Home
第 20 章up in the airThe War Ends for General Candy
第 21 章fire awayBarbara Lists 50 Reasons to Marry Candy
第 22 章change one's spotsCandy and Barbara See Their New House
第 23 章cut the cackleTheo Calls Before Leaving England
第 24 章mean businessThe Officer Questions a German Refugee
第 25 章come over someoneTheo Tells Candy the Truth
第 26 章written all over my faceTheo Confesses His Old Secret
第 27 章a bit of an outsiderCandy's Night Drive With Angela
第 28 章ill-timedCandy's Broadcast Is Cancelled
第 29 章a different kettle of fishTheo's Speech About Total War
再生中 · 第 30 章anything goesSpud Plans to Capture the Wizardこの作品の 30 章はここまでです