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both feet on the ground, with
Idioms and Phrases
In a sensible, realistic, or practical manner. For example, You can count on Tom not to get cheated in that deal; he has both feet on the ground , or Jean is a dreamer, but her husband is a man with his feet on the ground . There is a related phrase, have both feet on the ground , meaning “to be practical or realistic.” [Mid-1900s]Example Sentences
She sprinted toward it, launched her body backward into the air, flung off the board, flew into the sky - twisting, turning and flipping - before she landed firmly, both feet on the ground, with a slight bounce backward.
To one knowing him more or less intimately for thirty years, "sly, uncertain, embarrassed, tiptoeing" makes perhaps an amusing picture but fails completely to describe a type of man rarely found in the ministry: a man who fights for his ideals with both feet on the ground, with moral and physical courage apparent in every act, a salesman superlative and about as human a man as can be found in any walk of life.
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