A paper boat with an orange sail and a flowing blue pennant sits in a shallow enamel dish against grey-green.

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Mr. Gibbs

Leverage, says you. I think I feel a change in the wind, says I.

— Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl  ·  2003

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker answers talk of leverage with a feeling that the wind is changing. The repeated 'says you' and 'says I' set two ways of describing the situation against each other. One reading hears a playful suggestion that circumstances may be shifting beyond a simple bargaining advantage.

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