A down to earth person is the opposite of someone who acts important or proud.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

So he took his rope out though some say it was a huge rattlesnake and lassoed Sue to catch her and bring her down to Earth.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

The person who is down to earth usually has both feet on the ground.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Americans use another expression that is similar in some ways to down to earth.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

When we have both our feet firmly on the ground, and when we are down to earth we do not have our noses in the air.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

He surely is the opposite of someone who is down to earth.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

It is easy to deal with someone who is down to earth.

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A person who is down to earth is a pleasure to find.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Down to earth people could be important members of society.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Today we tell about the expression "down to earth."

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Down to earth means being open and honest.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

But he overpromised,he overpromised, and eventually he was going to come down to earth."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

But the container breaks down in the earth within one to five years.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

"What we are doing,folks, we are rolling up our sleeves and we are getting down to business and getting back to the common sense conservative principles that made this country the greatest country on earth, and we are not going to sit down and shut up."

VOA: standard.2010.03.28