Steak and Angel: metaphor and argot

[lewsk]

Pete tell Hodges about the case of YA.
"[Pete]...And the next time Young Aaron walks into a pawnshop or a check-cashing emporium with his bellygun, we’ll know ahead of time, and it’s angel, angel, down we go.”
[Hodges]“Why wait?”
“DA again,” Pete says.“You bring Diana the Dope a steak, she says cook it for me, and if it isn’t medium-rare, I’ll send it back.”
“But you’ve got him.”

1. "it's angel...down we go." is argot in arresting action?

2. Why is the topic shifted to steak cooking? Is there metaphor in it?

 

[lewsk]

[Pete]“I’ll bet you a new set of whitewalls that YA Titties is in County by the Fourth of July and in State by Christmas.

3. What do "in County" and "in State " mean? YA is charged or jailed?

 

[FlakeNoir]

[Pete]“I’ll bet you a new set of whitewalls that YA Titties is in County by the Fourth of July and in State by Christmas.

3. What do "in County" and "in State " mean? YA is charged or jailed?

County (jail) or State (prison). I think...

 

[Spideyman]

[Pete]“I’ll bet you a new set of whitewalls that YA Titties is in County by the Fourth of July and in State by Christmas.

3. What do "in County" and "in State " mean? YA is charged or jailed?

Not sure if correct- but the pawnshop owner was named Young Aaron Jefferson- when he played football, they called him YA like YA TittLe.(a famous football player) But changed it to a funny by saying YA TittIes.

 

[lewsk]

thank flake and spidy

no one disscuses the question 1 and 2?

1. "it's angel...down we go." is argot in arresting action?

2. Why is the topic shifted to steak cooking? Is there metaphor in it?

 

[skimom2]

Pete tell Hodges about the case of YA.
"[Pete]...And the next time Young Aaron walks into a pawnshop or a check-cashing emporium with his bellygun, we’ll know ahead of time, and it’s angel, angel, down we go.”
[Hodges]“Why wait?”
“DA again,” Pete says.“You bring Diana the Dope a steak, she says cook it for me, and if it isn’t medium-rare, I’ll send it back.”
“But you’ve got him.”

1. "it's angel...down we go." is argot in arresting action?

2. Why is the topic shifted to steak cooking? Is there metaphor in it?

I believe the first is Mr. King using cop slang: "angel, angel, down we go" refers to arresting YA.

The second is a metaphor about arresting someone and refers to the DA (Diana). Pete is saying that if they send her a perpetrator ("bring Diana the Dope a steak) she wants there to be no ambiguity about whether the perp did the crime ("she says, cook it for me"). If she's not satisfied that the case is air tight ("and if it isn't medium-rare"), she won't prosecute ( "I'll send it back.")

 

[lewsk]

skimom2, great! thank much.