| 单词 | to keep one's feet on the ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep (also have) one's feet on the ground (b) to keep (also have) one's feet on the ground and variants: to be realistic or practical; to be down to earth. ΚΠ 1910 C. T. Winchester Group Eng. Essayists Early Nineteenth Cent. 65 The poetry..seemed to him deficient in genuine human interest. Hazlitt always liked to keep his feet on the ground. 1927 I. Gershwin Typical Self-made Amer. in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 91/3 In a modest way, I feel I am basically sound—With my shoulder to the wheel And my two feet on the ground! 1950 ‘P. Woodruff’ Island of Chamba i. 21 El Hadramauti..is a bit of a theorist and H.M. for all his oddity has his feet very firmly on the ground. 2013 New Yorker 2 Sept. 23/2 I don't think people are looking for an orator. I think they want someone who's got common sense, who's got his feet on the ground. < as lemmas |
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