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keep your feet on the ground
stay realistic despite success
To stay sensible and realistic even when things are going very well.
Hear it in real life
Has winning changed him?
Not really; he still keeps his feet on the ground.
Her family helped her keep her feet on the ground after she became famous.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: After she won, she kept her feet on clouds.
Say: After she won, she kept her feet on the ground.
The idiom keeps “on the ground” to mean staying realistic despite success.
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How it fits in a sentence.
keep your feet on the ground; kept his feet on the ground
Your turn: say it out loud
Her family helped her keep her feet on the ground after she became famous.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
keep your feet on the ground
stay realistic despite success
“Her family helped her keep her feet on the ground after she became famous.”
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