What does the phrase "Mano a mano" mean (literally)?

[stopbush]

Poll question: What does the phrase "Mano a mano" mean (literally)?

It's Italian, you know.

Vote below (correct answer will be revealed later...)

[GRLMGC]

1. and Spanish

its hand to hand

[cornermouse]

2. Both based on latin.

[GRLMGC]

3. well, yeah nt

[cornermouse]

8. Know one

and you can figure out most of the others.

[stopbush]

4. Smarties.

It can also mean "hand by hand" - literally...and *hand to hand* can also be translated to "mano alla mano."

Wouldn't Spanish be "mano a la mano?" Or is there an idiomatic phrasing?

[GRLMGC]

5. idiomatic nt

[LudwigVan]

6. What about French?

I like to say main à main. Mainly because anything French seems to bother neocons so much.

Or better yet, Arabic: yad liyad. I might be wrong on this one though.

[SOteric]

7. It means:

"Hurry hurry, two doofi* are about to smack the crap out of each other."

*doofi being the plural form of the word doofus, naturally.

[Touchdown]

9. Double the mayonaise.

:shrug:

[Jesus H. Christ]

10. It means man to man.

The literal translation, of course, means hand to hand. But since it's a figure of speech, it's not the literal translation that's important. The context in which it's used means man to man, or more PC, person to person. As in, "let's you and me step outside, mano a mano."

[Deja Q]

11. Man on Man (please add an 'other' category)

I know the true answer, but you know somebody had to say this! :7