down-to-earth

[doun-too-urth, -tuh-] /ˈdaʊn tuˈɜrθ, -tə-/
adjective
1.
practical and realistic:
a down-to-earth person.
Origin
1925-30
Synonyms
hard-headed, sensible, sober, pragmatic.
British Dictionary definitions for down to earth

down-to-earth

adjective
1.
sensible; practical; realistic
Word Origin and History for down to earth

down-to-earth

adj.

also down to earth, as an adjectival phrase, attested from 1932.

Idioms and Phrases with down to earth

down to earth

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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 ]
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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 ]