Someone with both feet on the ground may not be as open and easy to deal with as someone who is down to earth.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

On the ground, this oftentimes... It just does not trickle down.

在实际情况中，这有时。,要知道，人权法是不会消失的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The Essex stood half over the other prophet as if it were pleased to guard what it had finally brought down. The man didn't look so much like Haze lying on the ground on his face without his hat or suit on. A lot of blood was coming out of him and forming a puddle around his head.

埃塞克斯看着这个先知，好像很高兴地守卫着,自己撞倒的这个人，这个男人看起来与海斯并不相像,没有戴着帽子或穿着西装趴在地上，一大堆血,从他的体内涌出，在头部附近形成了一个水坑状的东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The person who is down to earth usually has both feet on the ground.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Guides lead groups on lighted paths down into the ground and through the caves.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

When we have both our feet firmly on the ground, and when we are down to earth we do not have our noses in the air.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Looking down 10 stories over Ground Zero, Marine Corporal Jonathan Rist said he hoped the new construction going on below would not remove every last shred of the buildings destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01