on all fours

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on all fours (englanti > suomi)

1. nelinkontin, kontallaan

on all fours englanniksi

1. puhekieltä On one's hands and knees.

2. 1916, (w), Little Journeys Vol. 14: Great Musicians, "Johannes Brahms":

He was on all fours, with three children on his back, riding him for a horse.

3. puhekieltä similar Similar in nature or effect to something else; consistent.

4. 1920, (w), Letters of Travel, ch. 21:

The new law was precisely on all-fours with the Homestead Act.

5. 1897, (w), The Nigger Of The ‘Narcissus’, ch. 3:

A bulky form was seen rising aft, and began marching on all fours with the movements of some big cautious beast.

6. puhekieltä In a manner which is similar in nature or effect to something else; consistently.

7. 1887, (w), The Woodlanders, ch. 39:

The paternal longing ran on all fours with her own desire.

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