A down to earth person is the opposite of someone who acts important or proud.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

The person who is down to earth usually has both feet on the ground.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

When we have both our feet firmly on the ground, and when we are down to earth we do not have our noses in the air.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

But the container breaks down in the earth within one to five years.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

He surely is the opposite of someone who is down to earth.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Today we tell about the expression "down to earth."

VOA: special.2009.03.08

"What we are doing,folks, we are rolling up our sleeves and we are getting down to business and getting back to the common sense conservative principles that made this country the greatest country on earth, and we are not going to sit down and shut up."

VOA: standard.2010.03.28