down-to-earth
practical and realistic: a down-to-earth person.
Origin of down-to-earth
1Other words for down-to-earth
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How to use down-to-earth in a sentence
Mitt needs a simpler, more down-to-earth blueprint with catchy and comprehensible elements—something like his own 9-9-9 plan.
Mitt Romney Should Learn a Lesson from Teddy Kennedy | Michael Medved | February 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut in recent years, she has appeared in more down-to-earth roles.
British Dictionary definitions for down-to-earth
sensible; practical; realistic
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Other Idioms and Phrases with down-to-earth
Back to reality. For example, It's time the employees were brought down to earth concerning the budget. P.G. Wodehouse had this idiom in Very Good, Jeeves! (1930): “I had for some little time been living . . . in another world. I now came down to earth with a bang.” [Late 1920s]
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