come back down to earth
also bring sb back down to earthto start dealing with life and problems again after you have had a very exciting time, or to make someone do this:
The realization of how little work I'd done for the exams brought me abruptly back down to earth.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Plain and ordinary
- as it comes idiom
- austere
- austerity
- be a dime a dozen idiom
- be two/ten a penny idiom
- dime
- homespun
- homey
- humble
- humdrum
- kitchen-sink
- middle-of-the-road
- penny
- shout
- simple
- something/nothing to shout about idiom
- spartan
- stale
- stark
- starkly
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