criss-cross applesauce
副词 adv.
英文释义
副词 adv.
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(of sitting): Cross-legged.
— Sit criss-cross applesauce.
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Etymology
Rhyming on criss-cross, particularly with a word familiar to children and teachers, possibly with similarity to lap forming a bowl.
Apparently originated in the 1990s US, as an alternative for Indian style.
Compare also traditional children’s rhyming game / massage (rhyme said while touching, tickling, and blowing), which goes:
: Criss, cross. Apple sauce.
: Spiders climbing up your back.
: Spiders here, Spiders there.
: Spiders even in your hair.
: Cool breeze,
: Tight squeeze,
: And now you have the shivers.
: Brrrrrrr.
Rhyming on criss-cross, particularly with a word familiar to children and teachers, possibly with similarity to lap forming a bowl.
Apparently originated in the 1990s US, as an alternative for Indian style.
Compare also traditional children’s rhyming game / massage (rhyme said while touching, tickling, and blowing), which goes:
: Criss, cross. Apple sauce.
: Spiders climbing up your back.
: Spiders here, Spiders there.
: Spiders even in your hair.
: Cool breeze,
: Tight squeeze,
: And now you have the shivers.
: Brrrrrrr.
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