The Wolf of Wall Street · 2013 — 第 21 / 30 章 · 5'02" · B2

Fight Over a Briefcase of Cash, Explained:give me a pass

Two men fall out over a briefcase of cash, and the argument is really about respect. One keeps score on missed apologies — "That's not how you treat people" — while the other offers to let it go, mockingly: the whole quarrel is about who owes whom an apology.

あらすじ

A cash handoff in a parking lot turns into a shouting match when one man can't close the briefcase and the other accuses him of driving in like a maniac. The argument drifts from the money to a missing apology, then to insults and a scuffle that brings the police. Later, Donnie arrives with a gift of Quaaludes to celebrate.

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このシーンの表現

give me a pass

let me off

Jordan claims he will let Brad off the hook, but only to get the briefcase back.

Give me a pass on the dishes tonight.

このシーンの他の表現

  • Fucksville

    a made-up obscene place

  • sucker-punch

    hit someone by surprise

  • figure of speech

    a way of speaking

  • cause a scene

    make a public fuss

  • out of line

    rude or inappropriate

このシーンのメモ一覧

121 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · A2close something

shut something

I can't close this briefcase.
発音keep it together

Keep it together often runs together into a single blur.

One fucking day, you couldn't keep it together?
スラング · B2fucked up

intoxicated — Crude slang for being high; only among friends.

I'm fucked up, Brad.
表現 · B1when someone is scared

when someone is afraid

People who don't sucker-punch people when they're scared. Okay?
表現 · B1get an apology

receive a sorry

I haven't gotten an apology yet for that.
スラング · B2jack shit

nothing at all — A crude way to say nothing; keep it casual and familiar.

I don't have jack shit. You know what?
発音That's not how

The sounds around That's not compress into one clipped stop.

That's not how you treat people.
表現 · B2give someone a pass

let me off

Jordan claims he will let Brad off the hook, but only to get the briefcase back.

You're gonna give me a pass?
表現 · B2a figure of speech

a way of speaking

Look, it's a figure of fucking speech.
表現 · B2cause a scene

make a public fuss

Jordan warns Brad that one more step will set off the loudest public meltdown yet.

I'll cause the biggest fucking scene
表現 · B1come at someone

move aggressively at me

if you come at me again.
発音come at me

Come and at link so the phrase sounds like one word.

if you come at me again.
表現 · B1keep it down

be quieter

- You know what? - Just fucking keep it down.
表現 · B2be out of line

rude or inappropriate

Jordan prefaces an inappropriate remark by saying he does not mean to cross a line.

I don't wanna be out of line or anything, but I think you like, like me. Like you...
表現 · A2drive straight home

go home without stops

you gotta drive straight home,
表現 · A2open up something

open something

need you to open up the briefcase,
文法 · B2once you have it all neatly organized

time clause: Once marks the step that must be finished before the next order can happen.

And once you have it all neatly organized outside the briefcase,
スラング · C1Lemmons

a slang name for Quaaludes — Drug slang for Quaaludes; effectively obsolete outside this world.

Twenty real Lemmons.
表現 · B1when it comes to something

on the subject of

When it comes to Quaaludes,
表現 · B1three times as ... as ...

three times as strong

Three times as powerful as anything available today.
表現 · B1for a special occasion

a notable event

He said he was saving these for a special occasion.
表現 · B2fuck with something

interfere with it

So that night, I cleared my schedule and I rid my body of anything that could fuck with my high.
文法 · B2anything that could fuck with my high

relative clause: The that clause defines which things he cleared from his body.

So that night, I cleared my schedule and I rid my body of anything that could fuck with my high.
表現 · B1figure something out

work it out

Carl, I think I got it figured out.
文法 · B1we've built up a tolerance

present perfect: The present perfect shows a tolerance built gradually up to now.

Maybe we've built up a tolerance after all these years, huh?
スラング · B1bullshit

nonsense — Blunt slang for nonsense; not for a boss or elder.

This is bullshit!
表現 · B2lose potency

stop working

You think they lost their potency, huh?
スラング · B2duds

things that do not work — Casual word for something that fails to work.

They're fucking duds.

「Fight Over a Briefcase of Cash」を読み解く

What's really going on

Strip away the shouting and the fight is about status, not money. One man can't let go of a punch he took; he says, 'I haven't gotten an apology yet for that,' and later, 'That's not how you treat people.' The other insists he is smart and does million-dollar deals, protecting his image in front of everyone watching. The cruelest move is the offer of a pass, which is really a put-down rather than mercy, and the reply mocks it as a royal favor, as if the other man were an emperor stepping down to forgive him. Even the gift at the end follows the same logic: Donnie supplies the Quaaludes that will knock them out, because for these men celebration means excess. Respect, not the cash, is what is actually at stake.

Theme

PrideBoth men defend their image: one wants an apology, the other wants to be seen as smart and important, and neither can let it go.
MoneyThe briefcase of cash sparks the encounter, and the night ends with a pricey drug binge that measures everything by wealth.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The fight escalates because both men refuse to back down.
  • Brad's made-up kingdom mocks Jordan's self-image, not the offer.
  • The dud pills pay off the earlier handoff in pure comedy.
  • A siren cuts the argument off before either wins.

発音のポイント

  • keep it together — Keep it together often runs together into a single blur.
  • That's not how — The sounds around That's not compress into one clipped stop.
  • come at me — Come and at link so the phrase sounds like one word.
That's not how you treat people.

The speaker's moral complaint after waiting in vain for an apology: being ignored and disrespected stings more than the missing money.

Three times as powerful as anything available today.

Donnie's sales line about the old Quaaludes, promising a high far beyond anything still on the market.

My metabolism's pumping. I can't feel shit!

Jordan complains the pills aren't working on him — the set-up for the long, dangerous Quaalude sequence that follows.

Look, it's a figure of fucking speech.

A defense after being taken literally: the offer to give a pass was just an expression, not a real concession.

Oh, my gosh. The Emperor of Fucksville came down from Fucksville to give me a pass!

A sarcastic reply that mocks the other man's offer of mercy as an emperor graciously descending to forgive a subject.

このシーンについての質問

Why are the two men fighting over a briefcase?

The briefcase is full of cash from a handoff, but the real argument is personal: one of them is owed an apology and never got one, and neither will back down.

What is a 'pass' in this scene?

A pass here means forgiveness or a free excuse — letting someone off without consequence. The offer sounds generous, but it's used as an insult, so the other man throws it back in his face.

Who is Donnie giving the Quaaludes to?

He brings them to Jordan to celebrate. The old Quaaludes are described as three times stronger than anything available, which is why the rest of the night goes badly.

Why do the police show up at the end of the fight?

The argument turns physical, and someone calls the police. The officers order the men down and the briefcase dropped, which ends the confrontation.

What happens after they take the Quaaludes?

Nothing at first — they feel nothing and assume the pills are duds. The scene cuts away before the drug fully hits, setting up one of the film's most famous sequences.

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