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Hi guys,can you please help me with next two dialogs? Because I can't move it...:-((( Context: Jack is asking Martin for help with looking for one address of one woman. That woman is connected to the missing guy, who the FBI team searches for. That missing guy, his name is Reynolds, is an financial adviser and it turned out that he was planning an bank robbery with his complice named Roger Graham. But someone tipped the FBI team off and Martin and his team intercepted that roberry....So, Martin is now in that bank and Jack is calling him...Jack: I need a current address of that woman.Martin: Jack, I can't help you. We just nailed Roger Graham knocking over a bank.Jack: Was Reynolds with him? Martin: No, but this whole thing is blown wide open.(?) (Is Martin saying here that he really don't have a time for looking that address??)Jack: Okay, don't worry about it. I'll take care of it myself.{end}Danny, Martin's colleague, is questioning that Roger Graham. He wants to know about Reynolds whereabouts.Danny: Start talking.Graham: I'll do 20 before I roll over. (I'd rather be in jail for 20 years instead of saying you where he is?)  Danny: You'll do life. Graham: Give me a break. Can't do all day for attempted robbery. (? What does it mean "can't do all day"?)Danny: You'll do all day for murder. Look, I know you killed Reynolds.Graham: Oh, yeah? What else do you know? This has setup written all over it....(This is probably connected to the fact that the FBI knew about theirs robbery, but I don't get it...:-((({end}many thanks in advance for help Best RegardsJCD

Avangi · Accepted Answer

JCDenton Jack: Was Reynolds with him?
Martin: No, but this whole thing is blown wide open.(?)
(Is Martin saying here that he really don't have a time for looking that address??) This usually means that a situation or an operation which had been "kept under wraps" with "the lid on" has now been completely exposed. It could refer to an operation by the authorities (perhaps undercover agents have been discovered), or it could refer to some secret criminal enterprise where corrupt employees were secretly aiding the criminals - the whole thing now suddenly exposed.
Jack: Okay, don't worry about it. I'll take care of it myself.

{Danny: Start talking.
Graham: I'll do 20 before I roll over. (I'd rather be in jail for 20 years instead of saying you where he is?) Exactly right.
Danny: You'll do life.

Graham: Give me a break. Can't do all day for attempted robbery. (? What does it mean "can't do all day"?) Sorry, this is a new one on me. I'll see if I can find it. But my guess would be that it refers to a life sentence. (Edit. No luck so far!)
Danny: You'll do all day for murder. Look, I know you killed Reynolds.

Graham: Oh, yeah? What else do you know? This has setup written all over it....(This is probably connected to the fact that the FBI knew about theirs robbery, but I don't get it...:-((( A setup is usually a frame. That is, false evidence is fabricated (not redundant) to implicate an innocent person. But it could be a case of entrapment. That is, someone is tricked or "seduced" into committing a crime for the explicit purpose of prosecuting him.

Seme · Answer

"do all day" ... this is the first I've heard this used as prison slang, but I think from context it's pretty clear that they're talking about serving life in prison. Prison sentences are referred to as "doing time" hence he can "do 20". I'm a little surprised this hasn't come up in Without a Trace yet for you JCDenton because they say it ALL THE TIME in Law and Order

"He did 10 for assault" "I can do 5 easy", etc etc etc

Anyway, Graham tells Danny 20 years in prison doesn't scare him and Danny responds that Graham is facing a life sentence which Graham obviously snorts at because it's absurd to get a life sentence for attempted robbery ("do all day"). I think Danny uses the expression purely because Graham did because otherwise it's not common at all (of course I've never been arrested so ... what do I know really?)

One quick thing to add about "blown wide open", Avangi's definition is correct but what Martin is saying is that because the whole operation is exposed the FBI now has a lot of work to do to collect as much evidence as possible. If other people were involved in the robbery they will see the arrest and go into hiding fast, so he's saying he's way too busy to even consider looking for the address.

JCDenton · Answer

Many thanks to both of you for your help! [Y]...It's clear to me now!

Best Regards

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