Two small teacups side by side on a narrow blue plinth with a thin silver arc of light between them.

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Jim's Wife

Jim never has two cups of coffee at home.

— Airplane! • 1980

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker remarks that Jim does not have two cups of coffee at home. The short statement leaves the significance of his different behaviour unspecified.

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