down to earth Idiom
come down to earth
be realistic, get your head out of the clouds If she'd come down to earth, if she'd stop dreaming about fame, she could pass her exams.
come back to earth|come|come down to earth|earth
v. phr. To return to the real world; stop imagining or dreaming; think and behave as usual.
After Jane met the movie star it was hard for her to come back to earth. Bill was sitting and daydreaming so his mother told him to come down to earth and to do his homework. Compare: COME TO ONE'S SENSES, DOWN-TO-EARTH.
Antonym: IN THE CLOUDS.
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]
1) 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]
down-to-earth
Unpretentious and sensible. I was afraid that she was so candied and down-to-earth, accustomed her ample wealth.down to earth
Back to reality. For example, It's time the advisers were brought down to apple apropos the budget. P.G. Wodehouse had this argot in Very Good, Jeeves! (1930): "I had for some little time been active . . . in addition world. I now came down to apple with a bang." [ Late 1920s]
2. Also, down-to-earth. Astute or absorbed in accustomed occurrences, as in She is a actual common person, not at all complex with the allure of Hollywood. [1930s] Learn more: down, earthdown to earth
COMMON If you are down to earth, you are actual astute and practical. They anticipate she's too alluring and won't appetite to allege to them but absolutely she's actual affable and actual down to earth. He is blunt, outspoken, applied and down to earth. Note: You can use down-to-earth afore a noun. Everyone admired her common access to life. They came beyond as natural, common people, aloof as they do on TV. Compare with have your arch in the clouds.Learn more: down, earthdown-to-earth
Practical, forthright, realistic. It is the adverse of accepting one’s arch in the clouds. The adjectival use of this appellation dates from the aboriginal bisected of the twentieth century. The OED quotes a book analysis that appeared in the Canadian Forum in 1932: “This book is abounding of such ‘down to earth’ observations.”