both feet on the ground
Example Sentences
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Other guys haven’t gotten visits in years but still find reasons to wake up, to put both feet on the ground, and, oddly enough, even to smile.
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025
I don't know, but you have to keep both feet on the ground.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025
"In spite of all this success, we are well advised to keep both feet on the ground," Porsche CFO Lutz Meschke said.
From Reuters • Jul. 30, 2021
It’s hard enough to hit a target with both feet on the ground.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2015
Privately, Harry felt she’d had good reason, because Neville managed to have an extraordinary number of accidents even with both feet on the ground.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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