lousy, damned — An insult booster; keep it out of formal talk.
The king's stinking son fired me.The Princess Bride · 1987 — 第 3 / 3 章 · 4'25" · B2
Miracle Max and the Mostly Dead, Explained：mostly dead
Max wants these two strangers gone, but death changes his mind. "He's already dead" gets him to take a look — and then he drops the film's best line: being "only mostly dead" is very different from being all dead. The haggling is really about price and pride, not medicine.
あらすじ
Two men carry a body to the home of Miracle Max, a healer who once worked for the king. Max, now retired and bitter about being fired, first orders them away. Only when he hears the man is already dead does he agree to look — and decides the patient is merely "mostly dead."
注目の表現
thank you so muchon the brink ofmostly deadto blave
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このシーンの表現
mostly dead
not quite fully dead
Told the man cannot speak, he invents a middle shelf of death and keeps questioning the body.
My old phone is mostly dead, but the screen still flickers.
このシーンの他の表現
- thank you so much
sarcastic thanks, really blame
- on the brink of
one step from a bad end
- to blave
a made-up word for a dodge
- never had it so good
this is the best it has been
- galore
plenty of them
このシーンのメモ一覧
78 行のセリフに 33 件のメモ
raise a subject again
And thank you so much for bringing up such a painful subject.since you have started, go further
While you're at it, why don't you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it?Keep me and a in one breath, with a light.
While you're at it, why don't you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it?go away now — A rude dismissal, not for polite company.
Beat it, or I'll call the brute squad.reduced relative: The person is the missing object of fired.
And besides, why would you want someone the king's stinking son fired?have a quick look
He is, huh? I'll take a look. Bring him in.this is not the worst case
I've seen worse.extremely pressed for time
- Huh? - We're in a terrible rush.kid, said down the nose — An older speaker pats a younger one down.
Don't rush me, sonny.zero conditional: The first half works as if, without saying if.
You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.do the job for such low pay
Sheesh! I never worked for so little.an exasperated scoff — A scoff at something cheap or annoying.
Sheesh! I never worked for so little.a reason that sounds worthy
Except once, and that was a very noble cause.one step from a bad end
The plea piles on misery, and the next reply calls the starvation story a lie.
His children are on the brink of starvation.as it turns out
Well, it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead.not quite fully dead
Told the man cannot speak, he invents a middle shelf of death and keeps questioning the body.
Well, it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead.Put the weight on mostly and let dead fall away.
Well, it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead.the two are far apart
There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead.a reason to stay alive
What you got here that's worth living for?what do you have — A spoken shortcut; do not write it in formal prose.
What you got here that's worth living for?nothing better could be wished
True love. You heard him. You could not ask for a more noble cause than that.the best thing there is
Eh, sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world, except for a nice MLT...claiming everybody agrees nobody knows; he fakes a consensus
And as we all know, "to blave" means "to bluff." Huh?this is the best it has been
After she doubts the marriage, he snaps that she has never had it better.
- You never had it so good. - "True love." He said "true love," Max.show basic courtesy and act
True love lies expiring, and you don't have the decency to say why you won't help.verb lie: Here lie means recline, and expiring means nearly gone.
True love lies expiring, and you don't have the decency to say why you won't help.double negative: Two negatives here mean he refuses to hear anything.
- Nobody's hearing nothing. - Humperdinck! Humperdinck!stop talking — A sharp order to stop; not for elders or work.
- Humperdinck! - Shut up! Wait, wait.Let the t in better flick by instead of stopping.
I make him better, Humperdinck suffers?hanging after: After is left open: it means after taking the pill.
And you shouldn't go in swimming after for at least, what?Keep the light so it does not stop the phrase.
- Bye-bye, boys. - Have fun storming the castle.only a miracle would do it
- Think it'll work? - It would take a miracle.「Miracle Max and the Mostly Dead」を読み解く
What's really going on
The comedy masks a negotiation. Max isn't grieving or cruel — he's been wounded by the king's son and now measures every request in money and respect. "Sheesh! I never worked for so little," he complains, and the visitors instantly start inventing noble causes: a crippled wife, starving children. He sees through the lie — "Are you a rotten liar" — but the lie isn't the point. What actually moves him is spite: healing the man will humiliate Humperdinck. "Humiliations galore" is the price that finally works. Even the famous gag about true love, misheard as "to blave," dodges an ideal no one can charge for. The scene's real engine is leverage, not magic.
Theme
DeceptionInigo invents a dying wife and starving children, and Max answers with a mock-polite "Are you a rotten liar."
Dark humorDeath is treated as a business problem: "mostly dead" is worth a look, all dead means checking the corpse for loose change.
発音のポイント
- give me a — Keep me and a in one breath, with a light.
- only mostly dead — Put the weight on mostly and let dead fall away.
- make him better — Let the t in better flick by instead of stopping.
- storming the castle — Keep the light so it does not stop the phrase.
While you're at it, why don't you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it?Sarcastic. Bringing up his firing already hurts; he asks them to add one more small torture on top, as if doing him a favor.
You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.His rule: real miracles take time. Hurry him and the result will be spoiled — a comic excuse to slow the visitors down.
Well, it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead.The reveal. The body isn't gone for good — "mostly dead" means a sliver of life is left, so he can still be saved.
There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead.The film's famous distinction: mostly dead can be treated, all dead cannot. It sets up both the joke and the rescue.
Go through his clothes and look for loose change.What you do with the truly dead. A blunt, funny line that proves how little hope "all dead" leaves.
True love lies expiring, and you don't have the decency to say why you won't help.Inigo's accusation: while the man they love is dying, Max won't even explain his refusal — a rare sincere note in a very silly scene.
このシーンについての質問
Why won't Max take the job at first?
He is retired and still raw about being fired by the king's son, and the visitors reopen that wound by asking about it. Sixty-five also strikes him as far too little — one line is "I never worked for so little." He refuses out of injured pride as much as money.
Why does Max change his mind?
He admits true love is a great thing, then dodges it with a sandwich joke and the invented word "to blave." What actually wins him over is revenge: curing the man will humiliate Humperdinck. The reply "Humiliations galore" is what finally gets a cheer out of him.
Does the miracle pill work right away?
No. The only promises are that the chocolate coating makes the pill go down easier and that the patient shouldn't swim for at least a good hour. The scene never shows it working — it ends on the line "It would take a miracle."
Is "Have fun storming the castle" sincere?
Not really. It sounds like a cheerful send-off, but the very next exchange answers "Think it'll work?" with "It would take a miracle." The joke is that nobody expects the plan to succeed.
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