You had everyone else fallin' for it! Not Zenigata!
(世間は騙せたかもしれんが、この銭形は別だ!)
ルパン三世「ルパン対複製人間」より。ルパンが死んだ、という報告を信じなかった銭形は、ルパンの墓を確かめに行く。その先で、生きているルパンと遭遇。まんまと逃げられるものの、ルパンが生きていたことに嬉しそうに叫ぶ銭形警部のひとこと。
- fall for somethingで「〜を簡単に信じる」(to believe something without reservation ※without reservation:率直に/to believe something that is not true)という意味に。ここではルパンが死んだことをみんなに信じさせた、という流れ。
- Surely, you don't expect me to fall for that!
- She fell for the excuse I gave her about getting stuck in traffic.
- I stupidly fell for his story until someone told me he was already married.
- ちなみにfall for someone と、forの後が人になると、「恋に落ちる」という意味になる。(to fall in love with someone/to find someone attractive and begin to love them)
- I fell for her in a big way. She's gorgeous!
- Ted fell for Alice and they decided to get married.
- They met at a friend's house and fell for each other immediately.