Oh, whoa, whoa, how can it be a Mexican standoff? Everybody knows you need three sides for that.

等等，这怎么能算" 墨西哥对峙" 呢，谁都知道这种情况得有三方对峙。

I don't think it matters if this is a stalemate or an impasse or a Mexican standoff. What are we gonna do here?

这都不重要，不管这是" 逼和" " 僵局" 或是" 墨西哥对峙" ，我们现在应该怎么办？

Not necessarily. Uh, many argue the essence of a Mexican standoff is that no one can walk away from the conflict without incurring harm.

不一定，很多人争论" 墨西哥对峙" 的本质在于就是没人能够全身而退却毫发无伤。

It's a Mexican standoff but she's got no bullets in her gun.

这是一场墨西哥对峙，但她的枪里没有子弹。

In the movies, however, Mexican standoffs are quite common.

然而，在电影中，墨西哥人的对峙却很常见。

I don't think it would be much of a Mexican standoff unless you had a lot of guns.

除非你有很多枪，否则我不认为这会是一场墨西哥对峙。

It's possible then that " Mexican standoff" came from that situation.

那么“墨西哥对峙”很可能就是这种情况造成的。

In politics, the term " Mexican standoff" has been used to refer to many difficult or dangerous international situations.

在政治上，“墨西哥对峙” 一词已被用来指代许多困难或危险的国际局势。

It's an interesting example of a three-way, we might say, Mexican standoff.

这是一个有趣的三向例子，我们可以说，墨西哥对峙。

That would be a classic example of a Mexican standoff, because if you try to shoot someone else, you could get shot by two other people.

那将是墨西哥对峙的典型例子，因为如果你试图射杀其他人， 你可能会被另外两个人射杀。

In a " Mexican standoff, " neither side moves or surrenders, because if one of them does, the other side is going to be harmed in some way.

在“墨西哥对峙” 中，双方都没有移动或投降， 因为如果其中一方移动或投降，另一方将以某种方式受到伤害。

Perhaps some of the battles or fights were difficult to win and that's why they were called, at times, " Mexican standoffs." Other people say no, that's not where the term comes from.

也许有些战斗或战斗很难获胜，这就是为什么它们有时被称为“墨西哥对峙”。其他人说不，这不是这个词的来源。

You may ask yourself, " Why do we call that particular kind of standoff a Mexican standoff? " As usual, the origin or the places where these phrases come from is not always clear.

你可能会问自己，“为什么我们称这种特殊的对峙为墨西哥对峙？ ” 像往常一样，这些短语的起源或出处并不总是很清楚。

One might refer to the so-called " Cold War" between the Soviet Union and the United States during the late '40s up through the early '90s, with the threat of nuclear war, as being a case of a Mexican standoff.

人们可能会将 40 年代末至 90 年代初苏联和美国之间的所谓“冷战”与核战争的威胁称为墨西哥对峙的一个例子。

A " Mexican standoff" is a term we used to describe a similar situation, but what makes it different from, I guess, a regular standoff is the emphasis or focus on how even these two sides are.

“墨西哥对峙”是我们用来描述类似情况的术语，但我想它与常规对峙的不同之处在于强调或关注这两方的平衡程度。