On all fours

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  • 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