[ formerly, All` four".] All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person. [1913 Webster]
To be, go, or run, on all fours (Fig.), to be on the same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be considered. “This example is on all fours with the other.” “No simile can go on all fours.” Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
[烽烟四起,战火纷飞 / 烽煙四起,戰火紛飛, fēng yān sì qǐ, zhàn huǒ fēn fēi, ㄈㄥ ㄧㄢ ㄙˋ ㄑㄧˇ, ㄓㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄣ ㄈㄟ]lit. fire beacons in all four directions (成语 saw); the confusion of war[Add to Longdo]