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

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Guides lead groups on lighted paths down into the ground and through the caves.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

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

Looking down 10 stories over Ground Zero, Marine Corporal Jonathan Rist said he hoped the new construction going on below would not remove every last shred of the buildings destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01