Idiom
come down to earth
Meaning
To be brought back to reality; to emerge from a daydream.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He needs to come down to earth and face the facts.”
“After winning the lottery, he eventually had to come down to earth and return to his normal job.”
“The young dreamer finally came down to earth when the harsh realities of his new responsibilities became impossible to ignore.”
Examples
simple
“He needs to come down to earth and face the facts.”
contextual
“After winning the lottery, he eventually had to come down to earth and return to his normal job.”
complex
“The young dreamer finally came down to earth when the harsh realities of his new responsibilities became impossible to ignore.”
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