A carved wooden dog holds a brass ring of keys in its mouth on weathered dock planks beside coiled rope and water.

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Governor Weatherby Swann

Don't worry, we'll get you out of there. Now, where's that dog with the keys?

— Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ‧ 2006

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

A confident promise of rescue immediately runs into a practical problem: finding the dog with the keys. That sudden shift makes the reassurance funny. The speaker sounds certain about the outcome while still needing an unusually unreliable part of the plan to turn up.

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