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　　of someone who acts importantly and proudly.

　　Down­to­earth persons may be

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　　members of society，of course. But they do not let their importance “go to their

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　　”. They do not

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　　themselves to be

　　better persons than others of less importance. Someone who is filled with his own importance and

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　　， often without cause，is said to have “his nose in the air”. There is no way a person with his nose in the

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　　can be down­to­earth. Americans use another expression that means almost the same

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　　“down­to­earth”. The expression is “both­feet­on­the­ground”. Someone with both­feet­on­the­ground is a person with a good

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　　of reality. He has what is called “

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　　sense”. He may have

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　　， but he does not allow them to

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　　his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of person is

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　　who has his “head­in­the­clouds”. A man with his head in the clouds is a dreamer whose mind is not in the

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　　world.

　　Sometimes

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