| 单词 | mexican standoff |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMexican standoff Mexican standoff n. [see standoff adj. 3] a deadlock, stalemate, impasse; a roughly equal (and frequently unsatisfactory) outcome to a conflict in which there is no clear winner or loser; (also formerly) a massacre in cold blood. ΚΠ 1876 Sunday Mercury (N.Y.) 19 Mar. 2/5 ‘Go–!’ said he sternly then. ‘We will call it a stand-off, a Mexican stand-off, you lose your money, but you save your life!’ 1891 N.Y. Sporting Times 19 Sept. 4/3 ‘Monk’ Cline, who got a Mexican stand-off from Dave Rowe has signed with Louisville. 1904 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (at cited word) Boys, as fur as the coin goes, we're out an' injured; we jest made a ‘Mexican standoff’—lost our money, but saved our lives. 1929 G. L. Hostetter & T. Q. Beesley It's a Racket! 231 Mexican stand-off, to kill in cold blood. 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) vii. 222 The men were the victims of the St. Valentine's Day massacre in Chicago, when seven men were given the Mexican stand-off against the inside wall of a gang garage. 1958 ‘W. Henry’ Seven Men at Mimbres Springs xvi. 189 I rightly and firmly believe we've taken some of the flap out of Mangas's shirttails and can turn this thing into a Mexican stand-off, given any luck at all. 1979 D. MacKenzie Raven settles Score 26 As things stood it was a Mexican standoff. He couldn't go to the law but..nor could the Koreans. < as lemmas |
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