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'''Mexican Standoffstandoff''' is north [[American]] idiom (or slang) for a [[stalemate]] typically involving two or three actors whose strategic advantages and disadvantages have become equally balanced. Some irony may be implied. The origin of this expression is uncertain but may relate to the difficult and paradoxical social and economic conditions of 19th century [[Mexico]].