In the novel "Animal Farm," Orwell has the character Napoleon explain the principles of animalism to the animals on the farm. He shortens the philosophy to the idea of "four legs good, two legs bad."
1- It means an even match. "You think one of four is an even match?" Ned was telling Rooster that he (Rooster) was hopelessly outnumbered. 2- Ned implies Rooster saw the match no more challenging than throwing a steer. Rooster was the wrestler; Ned and his cohort of three, the four legs. Ned's asking Rooster if he thinks he can wrestle the four down, resulting in a dog fall, or a type of (illegal) steer takedown in rodeo competition.
The phrase comes from north east Lincolnshire(Scunthorpe area). meaning such an abundance that the amount of surplus to requirements would form a sufficient road surface if cemented to a dog. Not sure on size of dogs in Scunthorpe(four legged kind) but they must be big.
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a four legged animal is an animal that walks on four legs, scientifically called a quadraped.
It is the essential principle of Animalism
"four legs good, two legs bad."
The simplified mantra that the animals adopt in order to get their ideas across to the stupider animals is, "four legs good, two legs bad!" The sheep repeat this phrase often throughout the entire book.
the ideals were four scores and seven years ago
In the King James version the phrase - four hundred and forty four - does not appear at all. Nor does the phrase - four hundred - appear in any verse with the phrase - forty four.
Partly because of his distortion of the "two legs bad, four legs good" policy. Also because of his alteration of the proclaimed animalism decrees onb the barn wall.
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No, 4/5 is larger than 4/6 (which reduces to 2/3).
There aren't four forces of change for 'industrialism' but there are four forces of change. one being industrialism. another, democratic ideals. another, communication. and last. nationalism.
The growth of cities and towns-apex There are a four ideals that helped spread enlightenment. The four ideals were the rise of the public sphere and public opinion, the growth of a print culture and literary market, the breakdown of abolitionist politics and the rise of coffee houses, clubs, social gatherings.