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
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* "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