DOWN-TO-EARTH


Meaning of DOWN-TO-EARTH in English

adj. Showing good sense; practical. The committee's first plan for the party was too fancy, but the second was more down-to-earth. Mr. Jenkins never seems to know what is happening around him, but his wife is friendly and down-to-earth.

Compare: COME BACK TO EARTH.

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