今回の表現を使っていたのは、
ハワイ出身の俳優 Timothy Olyphant
有名なトーク番組 The Ellen Showで
子どもたちに父親として
かっこいいと思ってもらえるように
ホストであるEllenに ある提案をします。
If you would, this will go a long way.
もし、君がそうしてくれたら、それはうまくいくよ。(役に立つよ）
go a long way: 役に立つ、うまくいく
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But as they get older, it's kind of sad that they still don't think I'm cool.
And now that they're older, it depresses me a little bit.
And I find myself trying to impress them, and it's pathetic.
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If you would, this will go a long way.
If you could keep your phone on you, and then maybe, like, during one of the big musical numbers,
I'll say, "I know her" and then I could call you, and then you could say hi to my kids
Oh.
It would go a long way.