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You Can't Take It with You · 1938 — 第 14 / 27 章 · 3'09" · B1

The Kirbys Come on the Wrong Night, Explained：get mixed up

The Kirby parents arrive for dinner a night early and walk into the Sycamore house at its most chaotic: a discus thrower in costume, a rehearsal in the living room, fireworks in the cellar. Mrs. Kirby calls the visit "most embarrassing," and the hosts scramble to make the best of it.

あらすじ

The Sycamores are busy with their usual chaos — Penny drilling DePinna on his poses and a costume, fireworks going in the cellar — when the Kirbys ring the bell a night early. Everyone is embarrassed, the hosts rush to clear chairs, the rug, and the props, and Alice is called down to meet Tony's parents.

Family dinnersSmall talkApologizingComfortingStrangersB1slowamericanClean
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注目の表現

I'll saywas to bemost embarrassinghaving a quiet evening at home

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このシーンの表現

get mixed up

get confused

The Kirbys apologize for the wrong date, and the host shrugs that anybody can get mixed up.

People often get mixed up about the date.

このシーンの他の表現

  • I'll say

    absolutely

  • was to be

    was scheduled to be

  • most embarrassing

    very awkward

  • having a quiet evening at home

    a calm night in

  • a big surprise

    a big surprise

このシーンのメモ一覧

43 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · A2go away

leave me alone

- Mrs. Sycamore. - Go away, Rheba. I'm busy now.
表現 · B1pull something in

suck in your stomach

- Pull your stomach in a little, Mr. DePinna. - I know, but, Mrs. Sycamore...
スラング · A2My

oh my — An old-fashioned exclamation of surprise; not for formal speech.

My.
表現 · A2take that

hold this

Take that.
スラング · B1I'll say

you bet — Spoken agreement; casual but common among friends.

- Are we too early? - I'll say.
表現 · B1perfectly all right

entirely fine

It's perfectly all right.
表現 · A1of course

naturally

Why, of course. Only we thought it was to be tomorrow night.
文法 · B2it was to be

be to do: Was to be marks a plan or arrangement that had been set in advance.

Why, of course. Only we thought it was to be tomorrow night.
表現 · B1not doing a thing

doing nothing at all

- Really, Tony, this is most embarrassing. - No, we weren't doing a thing.
文法 · B1we weren't doing a thing

past continuous negative: The past continuous negative denies any action was going on at that moment.

- Really, Tony, this is most embarrassing. - No, we weren't doing a thing.
発音quiet evening at

Quiet, evening and at link up, so the t slides into the next vowel.

Why, no, just having a quiet evening at home.
表現 · B1bother someone

worry you

Yes. Don't let that bother you. Please, come in.
発音Don't let that

The t in don't often drops, and let that runs together.

Yes. Don't let that bother you. Please, come in.
表現 · A1come in

enter

Come in, won't you?
表現 · A2someone's husband

the man she married

And this is Alice's sister and Mr. Carmichael, her husband.
表現 · B1excuse my something

pardon my outfit

Excuse my costume. I'll take it right off.
表現 · A2be right down

coming down at once

Be right down.
表現 · A2take something off

take off your coat

Won't you take your things off?
文法 · A2Will you hang your father's coat up

polite request: Will you plus a verb softens a request into an invitation to help.

Will you hang your father's coat up over there? Shall I...
表現 · B1be very uncomfortable

very uneasy

I'm very uncomfortable, Tony. This is all very embarrassing.
発音get mixed up

The t in get can flap between vowels, sounding close to a d.

Now, anybody can get mixed up.
スラング · B1mixed up

confused — Casual for being confused or mixing things up.

Now, anybody can get mixed up.
表現 · B1get something out of the way

out of the path

A chair for Mrs. Kirby. Get that out of the way.
表現 · A2yes, sir

certainly, sir

- Thank you, Ed. - Yes, sir.

「The Kirbys Come on the Wrong Night」を読み解く

What's really going on

The comedy is all about surfaces being caught out. The Sycamores live without embarrassment, doing whatever they please; the Kirbys live by appearances, and they arrive on the wrong night to see the household exactly as it is. Mrs. Kirby cannot hide her discomfort — "I'm very uncomfortable, Tony. This is all very embarrassing" — while the family answers with cheerful denial: "Why, no, just having a quiet evening at home." Instead of hiding, Penny starts tidying up in front of the guests, and the scene puts the two worlds side by side: one that fears looking foolish, and one that does not care, and the film clearly prefers the second.

Theme

ClassThe appearance-minded Kirbys walk into the free-spirited Sycamore house and cannot hide their discomfort.
AbsurdityA quiet dinner turns into a parade of props, costumes and fireworks, all received with forced politeness.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The wrong night exposes both families at once.
  • A host can smooth over chaos with one calm line.
  • Mrs. Kirby's shame meets Tony's easy denial.
  • Arriving early can be as awkward as arriving late.

発音のポイント

  • quiet evening at — Quiet, evening and at link up, so the t slides into the next vowel.
  • Don't let that — The t in don't often drops, and let that runs together.
  • get mixed up — The t in get can flap between vowels, sounding close to a d.
Excuse my costume. I'll take it right off.

DePinna's greeting when he is introduced in fancy dress, turning the mishap into a light apology.

Why, no, just having a quiet evening at home.

The Sycamore denial: the house is in an uproar, and they answer the embarrassing moment with a cheerful lie.

- Really, Tony, this is most embarrassing. - No, we weren't doing a thing.

Mrs. Kirby's discomfort meets the family's easy dismissal, the clash between caring about appearances and not caring at all.

Now, anybody can get mixed up.

The forgiving line that lets everyone off the hook: mixing up the night is human, so no one should feel bad.

このシーンについての質問

Why are the Kirbys at the Sycamore house?

They have come to dinner, but on the wrong night — they thought it was for tomorrow — and arrive to find the family in the middle of its usual chaos.

Why is Mrs. Kirby so embarrassed?

She is used to order and appearances, and she arrives to find a rehearsal, a discus thrower in costume and fireworks; she says she is very uncomfortable.

Does the family apologize for the state of the house?

Mostly they joke it away, insisting they were just having a quiet evening at home, while Penny clears chairs and rugs in front of the guests.

Who is DePinna dressed as?

He is the discus thrower, and he apologizes for his costume when he is introduced to the Kirbys, promising to take it right off.

Why does Alice come downstairs?

Tony calls her down, saying they have a big surprise for her — his parents. She answers that she will be right down, into the awkward gathering.

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