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You Can't Take It with You · 1938 — 第 20 / 27 章 · 4'04" · B2

Grandpa Calls Kirby a Failure, Explained：good riddance

Kirby boasts that he is a lion with the sharpest claws, and Grandpa answers by calling him a failure: "A failure as a man, a failure as a human being, even a failure as a father." The chapter ends in night court, where the judge learns the great banker has been held in the drunk tank.

あらすじ

Kirby tells Grandpa he will teach him how to do business, describing himself as a lion in the jungle with the sharpest claws. Grandpa refuses to be impressed and delivers a brutal verdict, calling him a failure as a man and as a father. Later, in night court, the judge is amused to find Kirby in the drunk tank.

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like a lion in the junglegood riddancethe drunk tanklost my temper

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このシーンの表現

good riddance

glad to see someone go

Grandpa says the world will cry good riddance when Kirby is gone, meaning no one will miss him.

Good riddance to that broken old car.

このシーンの他の表現

  • like a lion in the jungle

    a predator in the wild

  • the drunk tank

    holding cell for drunks

  • lost my temper

    became very angry

  • mind my own business

    not interfere

  • who am I to

    I have no right to

このシーンのメモ一覧

68 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

発音like a lion

Link like a so it sounds like one word.

You're not a businessman. You're like a lion in the jungle.
表現 · B1come out on top

at the highest position

That's how I got where I am, on top, and scum like this is still in the gutter.
表現 · B1end up in the gutter

down and out

That's how I got where I am, on top, and scum like this is still in the gutter.
表現 · A2call someone an idiot

a fool

You're an idiot, Mr. Kirby.
スラング · A2idiot

fool — Common spoken insult for a fool.

You're an idiot, Mr. Kirby.
スラング · B2Scum

trash, lowlife — A heavy insult; never in polite company.

Scum, are we?
表現 · B1what makes you think ...

why do you believe

What makes you think you're such a superior human being?
発音What makes you

In fast speech what makes you blurs into one unit.

What makes you think you're such a superior human being?
表現 · C1a dull-witted fool

a slow-witted fool

Your money? If you do, you're a dull-witted fool, Mr. Kirby.
文法 · B2these people that you call scum

relative clause: The clause that you call scum describes these people.

You're poorer than any of these people that you call scum.
表現 · A2at least

if nothing else

Because I'll guarantee at least they've got some friends.
表現 · B1wind up something

end up

Grandpa predicts Kirby will wind up with a miserable life and not one friend.

But you, with your jungle and your long claws, as you call them you'll wind up your miserable existence without anything you can call a friend.
表現 · C1a high mogul

a big shot

You may be a high mogul to yourself, Mr. Kirby, but to me you're a failure.
表現 · B1a failure as a X

a failure in the role of

A failure as a man, a failure as a human being, even a failure as a father.
表現 · B2when your time comes

when you die

When your time comes, I doubt if a single tear will be shed over you.
文法 · B2if a single tear will be shed

passive voice: Will be shed is passive, hiding who would do the crying.

When your time comes, I doubt if a single tear will be shed over you.
表現 · C1good riddance

glad to see someone go

Grandpa says the world will cry good riddance when Kirby is gone, meaning no one will miss him.

The world will probably cry "good riddance."
表現 · B1sweat over something

toil over

I hope you'll get some comfort out of all this coin you've been sweating over then.
表現 · B1lose one's temper

became very angry

After the outburst, Grandpa admits he has not lost his temper like that in thirty years.

I haven't lost my temper like that in 30-odd years.
発音lost my temper

The t in lost is often dropped before my.

I haven't lost my temper like that in 30-odd years.
スラング · B130-odd

thirty-something — Casual way to give an approximate number.

I haven't lost my temper like that in 30-odd years.
表現 · B1mind one's own business

not interfere

Grandpa regrets the outburst and wishes someone had told him to mind his own business.

I wish you'd told me to mind my own business.
文法 · B2I wish you'd told me

wish + past perfect: Wish plus past perfect expresses regret about something in the past.

I wish you'd told me to mind my own business.
表現 · A2how would you like to ...

would you like to

Here, how'd you like to have my harmonica?
表現 · B1who am I to do something

I have no right to

Grandpa mocks himself, asking who he is to criticise anyone after his own outburst.

After all, who am I to criticize anybody?
表現 · B2sentence someone to something

order a punishment for

I sentence you to 31 days in the city jail
表現 · B2disturb the peace

breach of the peace

Asked for the charges, the clerk lists disturbing the peace and unlicensed fireworks.

Disturbing the peace and manufacturing fireworks without a license.
表現 · A2without a license

with no permit

Disturbing the peace and manufacturing fireworks without a license.
表現 · C1the drunk tank

holding cell for drunks

The judge is amazed that the great banker Kirby spent the night in the drunk tank.

You mean to tell me that A.P. Kirby has been held in the drunk tank?
表現 · C1no use doing something

no point in destroying him

Well, bring them in right away. No use crucifying him.

「Grandpa Calls Kirby a Failure」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is the film's moral climax, and it is not gentle. Kirby presents himself as a predator, and Grandpa answers by taking the metaphor seriously: if you live like a lion, you die alone. His judgment, "a failure as a man, a failure as a human being, even a failure as a father," is the hardest line in the movie, and it lands because Grandpa has just been shown to be generous with everyone else. Then the film undercuts the seriousness with a courtroom joke, as the judge learns that the famous banker spent the night in the drunk tank. The two scenes together are the film's whole argument: the man who has everything is the poorest one there.

Theme

MoneyGrandpa argues that Kirby's wealth has bought him nothing, not even a single friend.
PhilosophyThe chapter defines success by love and friendship, then shows the rich man failing both tests.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Grandpa measures a life by whether anyone will cry.
  • The lion image turns business into a jungle.
  • Kirby's own name becomes his punishment in court.
  • A public apology can follow a brutal speech.

発音のポイント

  • like a lion — Link like a so it sounds like one word.
  • What makes you — In fast speech what makes you blurs into one unit.
  • lost my temper — The t in lost is often dropped before my.
You may be a high mogul to yourself, Mr. Kirby, but to me you're a failure.

Grandpa's verdict, the line that strips Kirby of his self-image in public.

A failure as a man, a failure as a human being, even a failure as a father.

The speech's harshest turn, moving from business to the man's own family.

When your time comes, I doubt if a single tear will be shed over you.

The prophecy that gives the speech its sting, predicting an unloved death.

You're poorer than any of these people that you call scum.

His redefinition of poverty, measured in friends rather than money.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Grandpa call Kirby a failure?

Kirby brags about being a predator who climbed over everyone else. Grandpa points out that he has no friends and that even his own son matters to him only as a tool.

What does Grandpa mean by calling him poor?

He means Kirby is poorer than the people he calls scum, because they have friends and he does not. He measures wealth in relationships, not money.

How does Grandpa behave afterward?

He apologizes and says he has not lost his temper like that in thirty years, and he offers Kirby his new harmonica as a way of making up for it.

Why does the judge take the case next?

The clerk tells him that one of the people arrested is A.P. Kirby, the famous banker, and the judge is amused that such a man was held in the drunk tank.

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