That's your game.
Hi. I'm watching an American movie where two college friends, Evan and Thumper, are playing pool at the bar. Thumper is a goth who is also fat and because of that a bunch of fraternity boys is mocking him. So eventually Thumper snaps, strikes the cue ball onto their table, then breaks his cue in half and shakes it at the boys, which settles them down at once.

Evan responds: Well, I guess that's your game.

Could you explain to me what "that''s your game" means, please? Thank you.

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That's your game.
Hi. I'm watching an American movie where two college friends, Evan and Thumper, are playing pool at the bar. Thumper is a goth who is also fat and because of that a bunch of fraternity boys is mocking him. So eventually Thumper snaps, strikes the cue ball onto their table, then breaks his cue in half and shakes it at the boys, which settles them down at once.

Evan responds: Well, I guess that's your game.

Could you explain to me what "that''s your game" means, please? Thank you.

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Really hard to say. It can mean a lot of things.

1. Well, I guess that's how you roll (behave/act/do it).

2. You can say "This is my game" as a way to say this is a game I'm really good at. So it could be a sarcastic "Well, I guess that's your game" as in you are not really good at it, if Thumper said pool was "his game."

3. Well, I guess that's your move/play/action to take (in response to the harassment).

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Thank you very much, Michael!

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Porbably this has mulitple layers. 1  - That's how you behave (when threatened). 2 You won against those kids ("that's your game" can mean, literally, "you've won that game"). 3 You won our game of pool. Often, in movie dialogue, books, and life, people say things that quite intentionally carry more than one layer of meaning :)

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