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Mexican standoffs

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  1. 1. n : a situation in which no one can emerge as a clear winner. A poor man's [Mutally Assured Destruction] > That dude had a gun pointed to my head but I had a knife in his gut -- we were in a Mexican Standoff. Source: ecdict

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