man in the street

Noun

Meaning

a hypothetical average man

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Alvar Aalto, Sketches, 1978, 104. * "We should work for simple, good, undecorated things" and he continues, "but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street." Source: Internet

A 16-year-old boy today a 50-year-old man in the street with a single punch. Source: Internet

Middlemas and Barnes, p. 735. On 10 November 1932 Baldwin said: I think it is well also for the man in the street to realise that there is no power on earth that can protect him from being bombed. Source: Internet

If she could use such expressions in the Parliament, what opinions will she hold for the man in the street? Source: Internet

For the man in the street, the presence is not overpowering, but for those who wish not to conform, the presence is more apparent. Source: Internet

On the other hand, if I am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street I think I ought to say that I am an Atheist.. Source: Internet

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