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| Subject | English | Russian |
| ironic. | on four legs | ходячий (о четвероногом: It is said that every Englishman will claim to be a judge of horses until he has purchased a trouble on four legs. Vadim Rouminsky) |
| gen. | on four legs | четвероногий |
| amer., explan. | smokey on four legs | конный полицейский (Taras) |