back to the solid earth.

[vil]

Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to interpret the meaning of the following phraseological combination:

We brought them back to the solid earth.

Thank you in advance for your efforts.

Regards.

V.

[shalstudent]

(Not a teacher)

To bring someone back to solid earth means to bring someone back to reality from day-dreaming.

[vil]

Hi stalstudent,

Thank you for your prompt and suggestive explanation.

Presuably the expression in question is interrelated with the expression “ let one’s thougt go wool-gathereing” or “be in the clouds” or “daydream”, but whitout any apparent connection with the expression “fall from the moon”?

Regards.

V.