have feet on the ground

have (one's) feet on the ground

To be sensible and practical about one's situation.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
May	MAY	English
Seymour	SEE-mawr	English
Filomena	fee-lo-ME-nah (Italian)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch
Ji-U	jee-oo	Korean
Svein	-	Norwegian
&Aelig;Thelred	-	Anglo-Saxon