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I don't get that close to the glass until I'm on the floor.
— Lost in Translation · 2003
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker makes approaching the glass depend on already being on the floor. That oddly specific condition gives the line a dry comic shape. The isolated words leave the situation unclear, but their humor comes from linking closeness to an unexpectedly low physical position.
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