criss-cross applesauce
Legs folded underneath
Criss-cross applesauce is the childhood instruction to sit on the floor with legs crossed—what adults call sitting cross-legged or what used to be called "Indian style." The rhyme makes the position memorable for young children: Okay everyone, criss-cross applesauce on the rug.
The phrase belongs to elementary school classrooms and story time.
- sitting positionHow one sits
- Indian styleSeated with legs folded
- tailor-fashionSeated with legs folded
- lotus positionCross-legged meditative sitting pose
- sittingBeing in seated posture
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criss-cross applesaucelounging
Reclining in idleness
kneeling · lying down · squatting · legs apart · reclined
criss-cross applesaucestanding
Position, physical or social
standing up · standing tall · on your feet · at attention · upright
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