Difference between revisions of "On all fours"
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* '''All Fours:''' a card game → there are a number of terms from playing-cards in this passage | * '''All Fours:''' a card game → there are a number of terms from playing-cards in this passage | ||
+ | * "coitus more ferarum" (Latin) "sex in manner of wild beasts" - sex on all fours |
Revision as of 22:10, 1 May 2011
- omnis comparatio claudicat: (Latin) no simile can go on all fours → the English version of this adage is attributed to Macaulay
- All Fours: a card game → there are a number of terms from playing-cards in this passage
- "coitus more ferarum" (Latin) "sex in manner of wild beasts" - sex on all fours