down to earth



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]
2. Also, down-to-earth. Realistic or interested in everyday occurrences, as in She is a very down-to-earth person, not at all involved with the glamour of Hollywood. [1930s]
See also: down, earth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Conn-Irish
Sigfridoseeg-FREE-do (Italian), seeg-FREE-dho (Spanish)Italian, Spanish
MÔNica-Portuguese
Haroun-Arabic
IiroEE:-roFinnish
Chantelleshawn-TEL, shan-TELEnglish