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Don’t threaten me with jail, Blanche, because it’s not a threat. With my expenses and my alimony, a prisoner takes home more pay than I do.
— The Odd Couple ‧ 1968
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The threat of jail gets waved off as no threat at all. Between expenses and alimony, the speaker claims a prisoner would actually take home more pay than they currently do. It's a wry complaint about finances dressed up as fearlessness.
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