on all fours

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40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Basque: lau hankan — on hands and knees
• Catalan: de quatre grapes — on hands and knees
• Catalan: a quatre grapes — on hands and knees
• Chinese Mandarin: 四肢著地 — on hands and knees
• Chinese Mandarin: 四肢着地 (sìzhī zháodì, sìzhī zhuódì) — on hands and knees
• Esperanto: kvargambe — on hands and knees
• Estonian: neljakäpakil — on hands and knees
• Finnish: nelinkontin — on hands and knees
• Finnish: kontallaan — on hands and knees
• French: à quatre pattes — on hands and knees
• German: auf allen vieren — on hands and knees
• Greek: στα τέσσερα (sta téssera) — on hands and knees
• Hungarian: négykézláb — on hands and knees
• Icelandic: á fjórum fótum — on hands and knees
• Italian: carponi — on hands and knees
• Italian: a quattro piedi — on hands and knees
• Italian: gattoni — on hands and knees
• Italian: a quattro zampe — on hands and knees
• Japanese: 四つん這いで (yotsunbai de) — on hands and knees
• Japanese: 四つんばいで (yotsunbai de) — on hands and knees
• Latin: quadrupēs — on hands and knees
• Māori: pekewhā — on hands and knees
• Norwegian Bokmål: på alle fire — on hands and knees
• Norwegian Nynorsk: på alle fire — on hands and knees
• Polish: na czworakach — on hands and knees
• Polish: raczkiem — on hands and knees
• Polish: na bałyku — on hands and knees
• Portuguese: de quatro — on hands and knees
• Romanian: în patru labe — on hands and knees
• Russian: на четвере́ньках (na četverénʹkax) — on hands and knees
• Russian: на кара́чках (na karáčkax) — on hands and knees
• Serbo-Croatian: четверо̀ношке̄ — on hands and knees
• Serbo-Croatian: četverònoškē — on hands and knees
• Spanish: a cuatro patas — on hands and knees
• Spanish: a veinte uñas — on hands and knees
• Spanish: en cuatro — on hands and knees
• Swedish: på alla fyra — on hands and knees
• Ukrainian: ра́чки (ráčky) — on hands and knees
• Ukrainian: ра́ком (rákom) — on hands and knees
• Ukrainian: ра́ка (ráka) — on hands and knees