| 单词 | man in the street |
| 释义 | man in the streetSEE SYNONYMS FOR man in the street ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe ordinary person; the average citizen: the political opinions of the man in the street. Origin of man in the streetFirst recorded in 1825–35 Words nearby man in the streetmanilla, manille, manini, Maninke, man in the moon, man in the street, manioc, mani-pedi, maniple, manipulable, manipular Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for man in the streetman in the street nounthe typical or ordinary person, esp as a hypothetical unit in statistics Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with man in the streetman in the street Also, woman in the street. An ordinary, average person, as in It will be interesting to see how the man in the street will answer that question. This expression came into use in the early 1800s when the votes of ordinary citizens began to influence public affairs. Today it is used especially in the news media, where reporters seek out the views of bystanders at noteworthy events, and by pollsters who try to predict the outcome of elections. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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