down-to-earth
Adjectif
[modifier le wikicode]down-to-earth \Prononciation ?\
- 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)
