down to Earth (W3)
Engl. "down to Earth" = dt. "praktisch", "nüchtern", "realistisch", "sachlich", ist vergleichbar dem dt. "mit beiden Füßen auf dem Boden stehen". Engl. "come down to earth" = dt. "auf den Boden der Wirklichkeit zurückkommen".(E?)(L?) http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dave-s-down-to-earth-rock-shop-and-prehistoric-life-museum
Evanston, Illinois
Dave's Down to Earth Rock Shop
Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement
Museums and Collections, Natural History, Commercial Curiosities, Purveyors of Curiosities
03 Mar 2011
(E?)(L?) http://www.lib.ru/ENGLISH/american_idioms.txt
come down to earth
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Limericks on "down to earth"
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Words and Their Stories: Down to Earth - Expressions about people who treat everyone fairly and with respect
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March 15, 2015 - Words and Their Stories - Down to Earth
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English in a Minute: Down to Earth
Published 03/14/2015
Someone who is "down to earth" is definitely not a "drama queen", which we learned in last week's episode. But what exactly does this phrase mean?
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(E1)(L1) http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?corpus=0&content=Down to Earth
Abfrage im Google-Corpus mit 15Mio. eingescannter Bücher von 1500 bis heute.
Engl. "Down to Earth" taucht in der Literatur um das Jahr 1840 / 1900 auf.
Erstellt: 2015-03