that "aien't" is ungrammatical English for "isn't"). Building a case is like building a brick house. An interesting metaphor (analogy) for the work lawyer do. His case is an illusion, a magic trick. An illusion is a perception that is not real. This is Vinny's way of saying "his case in not based on the facts." Nobody pulls the wool over the eyes of a Gambini A useful expression meaning to trick (i.e....to blind). Give me one witness and if I blow it, I'll leave quietly, no grudges. A "grudge" is a good word for lasting feeling of resentment or anger. (Remember that "to blow it" is a common way to say "do it badly"). There's more to cross-examination than what to say. The legal term for the questioning that a lawyer does of a witness. Vinny nailed him every time! "To nail" somebody is a colloquial way to say catch or hit. Here though, meaning that Vinny caught him trying to trick people. There goes the quintessential Norton. Here, referring to the fact that Norton was just executed. "Quintessential" is an educated word meaning the most important or representative part of someone or something. Hey, little Yankee boy, look what I got! Southerners in the USA sometimes refer to Northerners as "Yankees." It's 200 bucks. Very common for "dollars." Does that freight train always come through at 5 AM? A "freight train" carries commercial products such as food or cars. Vinny gets one last chance to be a great lawyer, and so he decides to get to know the prosecutor. My clients were guilty as hell. A colloquial way to say "completely guilty." After getting one guilty guy off too many, my conscience got me. "To get someone off" is to help them not go to prison, or more generally, to help someone avoid being held responsible. You'd be a good litigator. A "litigator" is a lawyer who does much of her work in trials. He wanted his son to follow in his footsteps. A cute little expression which means to do what the person before did. "He wanted his son to do what he did." I'd like the murder weapon, but other than that I feel good. The gun, knife or whatever was used to commit the murder. Two guys in the woods. It's a bonding thing. "To bond" is a very 1990s verb meaning to grow close emotionally. He'll drop his guard, so I can finesse some information out of him. "To drop one's guard" is to stop being so careful. "To finesse" something is an excellent verb meaning to very skillfully or diplomatically solve a difficult problem. I'm a man's man. I can go dear hunting. A stupid expression for a masculine man who is liked by men. An innocent, leaf eating doe-eyed deer! A deer is a very cute animal. A "doe" is a female deer. I magine you're prancing along by the brook...and bam...a bullet! "To pranc
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