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18-Dec-2005, 14:48

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down to earth

what's the meaning of " he's really down to earth and make you laugh" ???
"down to earth " means funny???

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Re: down to earth

Someone who's down to earth is not pretentious- an ordinary person, not one with a great opinion of their own importance.

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so this phrase is used as adj. , right?

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