in denim

Japanese translation: 終わりだ

08:31 Sep 9, 2008

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English term or phrase: in denim

This maybe a police slang.

its conversation between cops, who accidently shot innocent citizen.
A)We killed civillian, drunk whiskey...it ain't gonna work.
B)What are you saying?
A)I got a drop-gun, weed in the car. They get one whiff of us, and we're in denim
B)No!!
A)I've got 5 months till a pension.
B)I get it.

then, 2 cops making up the crime scene.

I think cop A wants to hide the truth, because if other policeman know that they drunk and shot, then 2 cops would get caught.

So I assume, "in denim" means "be arrested"?? But its wild guess....

警察のスラングで、捕まる、とかクビになるとかだと思うのですが、どうでしょうか？

poisonivy

Japanese translation:終わりだ

Explanation:
"Denims" here refers to the uniforms that prisoners wear, i.e. "prison denims". You could do a direct translation with "ムショ入り" as suggested by MadameJuju, or you could simply translate it's meaning with "終わりだ" . Hope this helps.

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終わりだ

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ムショ入り

madamejuju

囚人服

Harold Slovic

制服姿

cinefil

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29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

ムショ入り

Explanation:
I think your guess is probably right. Have you seen those criminals in a jail wearing denim shirts and jeans.　So "in denim" means in a jail.

madamejuju
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制服姿

Explanation:
just a guess

cinefil
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終わりだ

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2 hrs confidence:

囚人服

Explanation:
"denim" here refers to the cloth used for the prisoners' uniforms, so 「囚人服」,which
literally means "prison clothing" retains the reference to "cloth" and also has the meaning
of "going to prison."

Example sentence(s):

刑務所に入ってから、囚人は囚人服しか着られなかった

Harold Slovic
Local time: 00:26
Native speaker of: English

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