Friday, October 15, 2010

Time To Give Them A Hand

I was watching a TV show and two people were wondering if a man and woman could go "mano a mano."  The answer is yes, since the phrase doesn't mean "man to man," as so many seem to believe, but, literally, "hand to hand."

While it originally referred to bullfighters, in general it simply means going at it head to head, or face to face, in person.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The phrase might mean "hand to hand" but 90% of the people who use it mean "man to man" (the o's suggest machismo)

2:42 PM, October 15, 2010  

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