down-to-earth

Anglais

Adjectif

down-to-earth \Prononciation ?\

1. Pratique, réaliste, terre-à-terre.
   • A New Yorker who uses stigmatized NYCE variants can seem cooler, more down-to-earth, more one of us, and/or tougher than one who does not. In this way, (r-0)s can give elite Wall Streeters an aura of toughness, street smarts, and regular guy status that can work for them businesswise. — (Michael Newman, New York City English, De Gruyter Mouton, 2014, page 10)
   • We’re in touch with the zeitgeist, but are too down-to-earth to be impressed. — (David Mitchell, Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By, Guardian Faber Publishing, 2019, p. 116)