at this time of day
- Are you all right? - No one I know would call at this hour.When Harry Met Sally... · 1989 — 第 18 / 20 章 · 2'13" · B2
Harry and Sally's Awkward Morning After, Explained：one thing led to another
The morning after, both of them call their friends to confess and then to deny. “One thing led to another,” they say of the night before. When they finally meet, the two of them race to say the same line: “It was a mistake.” Each is relieved, “I couldn't agree more” — and neither means it.
あらすじ
The morning after sleeping together, Sally calls Marie and Harry calls Jess. To their friends, the night sounds like good news or a mess, depending on who is talking. When Harry and Sally finally meet, each announces that it was a mistake and agrees with the other, which turns out to be a harder thing to hear than either expected.
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one thing led to anotherkill two birds with one stonetwo wrongs make a rightcome down with
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one thing led to another
events just kept escalating
Confessing to her friends, Sally skips the details with one smooth phrase.
We started chatting, and one thing led to another.
このシーンの他の表現
- kill two birds with one stone
solve two things at once
- two wrongs make a right
a joking twist on a proverb
- come down with
start to get sick
- not up to it
not feeling able to do it
- be out there
be dating again
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46 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ
events just kept escalating
Confessing to her friends, Sally skips the details with one smooth phrase.
- One thing led to another. - Before I knew it we were kissing.One thing links up, and led to runs quickly.
- One thing led to another. - Before I knew it we were kissing.in short
- To make a long story short, we did it. - We did it.had sex (euphemism) — A euphemism for sex; keep it casual.
- To make a long story short, we did it. - We did it.from the very start
- We've been praying for you. - You should've in the first place.should have: Should have plus a past participle points at a missed obligation.
- We've been praying for you. - You should've in the first place.be a natural match
- We've been saying you should do it. - You belong together.solve two things at once
Her friends joke that one night settled two things at once.
- Like killing two birds with one stone. - It's like two wrongs make a right.a joking twist on a proverb
Another friend tops the joke by twisting a moral proverb about two wrongs.
- Like killing two birds with one stone. - It's like two wrongs make a right.leave that place
- I had to get out of there. - He just disappeared.start to get sick
- I'm coming down with something. - I'm catching a cold.get a cold
- I'm coming down with something. - I'm catching a cold.unreal conditional: Would have plus a past participle imagines a past that did not happen.
It would've been great if it worked out, but it didn't.Would've shrinks to one syllable; the d nearly vanishes.
It would've been great if it worked out, but it didn't.modal with never: Should never gives advice the strongest way short of an order.
You should never go to bed with anyone...feel terrible
- No, I'm not up to it. - No, I feel too awful.not feeling able to do it
Invited over for breakfast, Sally says she simply cannot face it today.
- No, I'm not up to it. - No, I feel too awful.The t in up to flaps, sounding like up-da.
- No, I'm not up to it. - No, I feel too awful.terrible — Everyday word for feeling bad or unwell.
- No, I'm not up to it. - No, I feel too awful.oh my (exclamation) — A mild exclamation; avoid it in formal speech.
- God! - I know.be dating again
Leaning on Harry, Sally says she never wants to go back to the dating scene.
Tell me I'll never have to be out there again.out in the dating scene — Casual shorthand for the dating or social scene.
Tell me I'll never have to be out there again.do something wrong
I'll just say we made a mistake.Made a links into may-da, with mistake stressed.
I'll just say we made a mistake.agree completely
- We just never should have done it. - I couldn't agree more.negative should have: Never should have done expresses the sharpest kind of regret.
- We just never should have done it. - I couldn't agree more.yes (casual) — Casual yes; use yes in writing.
Yeah.「Harry and Sally's Awkward Morning After」を読み解く
What's really going on
The comedy is in the symmetry. Harry and Sally tell the same story to their friends, and both are lying in the same direction: he vanished because he felt suffocated, she was left embarrassed but is careful to call it mutual. When they finally talk, the agreement is the performance — “It was a mistake,” one says, and “I couldn't agree more,” the other answers, each hoping the other would ask for something else. The morning-after phone calls show what is at stake. Sally's wish, “Tell me I'll never have to be out there again,” is not about the night at all; it is about wanting to stop searching. Harry echoes the same longing, so their posturing is really two people refusing to admit they want the same thing.
Theme
RomanceTwo people who clearly want the same future agree, out loud, that their night together was a mistake.
FriendshipThey can confess everything to their friends but not to each other, which is what keeps them stuck.
このチャプターで学べること
- Friends joke to soften a confession.
- A proverb twisted is funnier than a plain tease.
- Both of them rush to call it a mistake.
- Overlapping voices hide who is really relieved.
発音のポイント
- One thing led — One thing links up, and led to runs quickly.
- would've been — Would've shrinks to one syllable; the d nearly vanishes.
- up to it — The t in up to flaps, sounding like up-da.
- made a mistake — Made a links into may-da, with mistake stressed.
I'm not saying last night wasn't great.Harry's careful double negative: he is not taking back that the night was good, only trying to undo the promise it seemed to make.
It would've been great if it worked out, but it didn't.Sally's summary of the relationship she and Harry could have had — an admission that the failure is already settled.
Tell me I'll never have to be out there again.Sally's real request to Harry: not about one night, but about wanting to stop dating and be settled at last.
- Like killing two birds with one stone. - It's like two wrongs make a right.The friends' cheerfully crude math: two recently broken people might cancel out each other's bad luck.
このシーンについての質問
Why do Harry and Sally both call their friends the next morning?
They need to say the night out loud to someone. Calling Marie and Jess lets them confess, test how it sounds, and keep away from each other while they work out how they feel.
Why does Harry leave in the morning?
He wakes up feeling suffocated rather than happy, and instead of talking about it he runs. He later explains the feeling, but not before Sally is left alone and embarrassed.
Why do they both say it was a mistake?
Each is afraid the other does not want more, so each reaches the safe line first. Saying it protects them from being rejected, even though both would rather hear something else.
What does Sally mean by not wanting to be out there again?
She is tired of dating and being single. The line asks Harry to promise she can stop searching, which is why his agreeing that the night was a mistake hurts so much.
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第 1 章in her right mindHarry and Sally Drive to New York
第 2 章strong suitSally Explains the Weekday Underpants
第 3 章get in the wayMen and Women Can't Be Friends
第 4 章keep in touch withHarry and Sally Reunite on a Plane
第 5 章grow apartHarry Amends the Friendship Rule
第 6 章cushion the blowHarry Tells Jess About His Divorce
第 7 章on a moment's noticeHarry and Sally Reunite in a Bookstore
第 8 章as hard as nailsHarry and Sally Become Friends
第 9 章high maintenanceHarry Calls Sally Late at Night
第 10 章get out thereHarry and Sally Talk Like This
第 11 章downshift into small talkSally Fakes an Orgasm
第 12 章hit it offHarry and Sally Slip Out at Midnight
第 13 章get over yourselfThe Double Date at the Restaurant
第 14 章call off the dogsHarry and Sally Shop for a Gift
第 15 章sooner or laterHarry Runs Into His Ex-Wife
第 16 章take your anger outHarry and Sally Have a Fight
第 17 章a dead endSally Calls Harry About Joe
再生中 · 第 18 章one thing led to anotherHarry and Sally's Awkward Morning After
第 19 章get past thisHarry and Sally Fight at the Wedding
第 20 章consolation prizeHarry's Answering Machine Message第 18 / 20 章 · 残り約 5 分