A yellow toy car is tethered to a short metal post by red string on dark grey felt.

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Danny

You can't just walk out of a drive-in.

— Grease • 1978

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker objects to walking out of a place defined by driving in. The wording puts the ordinary expression for leaving against the literal form of arrival, making the departure sound awkward or contradictory. It turns a simple exit into a problem through the name of the venue itself.

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