have both feet on the ground

You've got to have both feet on the ground to score a touchdown.

"It's perfect because that man never had both feet on the ground.

Does the protagonist have both feet on the ground?

"I have both feet on the ground, and I know my time is up," he said.

Here is the dread answer: No, Anna did not have both feet on the ground.

This had seemed like a brilliant inspiration when he had both feet on the ground.

Have you ever assured someone that your friend is reliable by saying that he or she "has both feet on the ground"?

This has a basic meaning of "moving quickly" or "go with quick steps on alternate feet, never having both feet on the ground at the same time".

When the opponent has both feet on the ground and the defender strikes behind both legs, usually accompanied by a blow across the chest to further off-balance the opponent.

This type of throw-in follows the rules that require the player to have both feet on the ground when he/she is releasing the ball, and that the ball is thrown from behind the head.

For much of rugby's history, a mark could be made anywhere on the field, but under more stringent conditions: the marking player had to have both feet on the ground at the time of calling "Mark!"

In the 1970s the mark was changed to the definition given above, except that it could be made anywhere in the defending side's half; it is no longer a requirement that the marking player have both feet on the ground.

But she added: "Whoever is going to run Afghanistan will have to have both feet on the ground there, and I know Zal has intimate knowledge of the country and was involved to a degree that was virtually unheard of for an ambassador."