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To be brought back to reality; to emerge from a daydream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, person
Qualifier: thing
Examples
- 1981-1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure So many good things have been happening for me, and I've just been such a happy man. I've wanted to write earlier but couldn't come down to earth long enough.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
palata maankamaralle
— idiomatic expression
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French:
redescendre sur terre
— idiomatic expression
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Georgian:
დედამიწაზე დაშვება
(dedamic̣aze dašveba)
— idiomatic expression
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Greek:
πέφτω απ’ τα σύννεφα
(péfto ap’ ta sýnnefa)
— idiomatic expression
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Polish:
schodzić z obłoków
— idiomatic expression
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Polish:
zejść z obłoków
— idiomatic expression
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Russian:
спуска́ться с небе́с на зе́млю
(spuskátʹsja s nebés na zémlju)
— idiomatic expression
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Russian:
спусти́ться с небе́с на зе́млю
(spustítʹsja s nebés na zémlju)
— idiomatic expression
