Someone with both feet on the ground may not be as open and easy to deal with as someone who is down to earth.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she looked down at the shiny, pointed boots.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

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

And the next minute you would see that frog dancing in the air and then come down all on his feet and all right, like a cat.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

Down two and a half. Kicking up some dust. Thirty feet.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

The snow was packed down for many feet.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Most residents were sleeping when the earthen dam collapsed, sending 70 million cubic feet of water crashed down on their homes.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

"I was saved only by a few feet and about a second going down an embankment and smashing into a brick wall."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04