man in the street

man in the street
Synonyms and related words:
Cockney, Everyman, John Doe, John Smith, Public, a nobody, a nothing, average, average man, body politic, bourgeois, cipher, citizenry, common man, common run, commoner, commonwealth, community, community at large, dummy, estate, everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, figurehead, folk, folks, general public, generality, gentry, girl next door, homme moyen sensuel, insignificancy, jackstraw, lightweight, little fellow, little guy, little man, man of straw, mediocrity, men, nation, nationality, nebbish, nobody one knows, nonentity, obscurity, ordinary Joe, ordinary run, people, people in general, persons, pip-squeak, pleb, plebeian, polity, populace, population, proletarian, public, punk, roturier, ruck, run, runt, scrub, shrimp, small fry, small potato, small potatoes, society, squirt, squit, state, whiffet, whippersnapper, world, you and me

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  • Man in the Street — may refer to: T.C. Mits, for The Celebrated Man in the street Media Man in the Street , song on the album Hell of a Tester by The Rasmus Man in the Street , song in Rockers (soundtrack) I ll Tell the Man in the Street , song in 1938 stage musical …   Wikipedia

  • man in the street — {n. phr.} The man who is just like most other men; the average man; the ordinary man. * /The newspaper took a poll of the man in the street./ Compare: JOE DOAKES, JOHN Q. PUBLIC …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • man in the street — {n. phr.} The man who is just like most other men; the average man; the ordinary man. * /The newspaper took a poll of the man in the street./ Compare: JOE DOAKES, JOHN Q. PUBLIC …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • man in the street — n. An average person; as, the views of the man in the street. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • man on the street — n. var. of MAN IN THE STREET * * * …   Universalium

  • man in the street — the ordinary person; the average citizen: the political opinions of the man in the street. [1825 35] * * * …   Universalium

  • man in the street — the average or ordinary person According to what the man in the street is saying the government is not very popular …   Idioms and examples

  • man in the street —    The man in the street is an idiom to describe ordinary people, especially when talking about their opinions and ideas.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • man\ in\ the\ street — n. phr. the man who is just like most other men; the average man; the ordinary man. The newspaper took a poll of the man in the street. Compare: Joe Doakes, John Q. Public …   Словарь американских идиом

  • man on the street — noun Someone not an expert; a member of the general public. Such was the airy way with which, not an illiterate man on the street, but a brilliant woman of the world disposed of a tremendous historical fact. Syn: layman …   Wiktionary

  • man on the street — Date: 1926 man in the street …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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