man on the street

man on the street
1. n. the common man; just anyone selected at random.
But what does the man on the street think about all this?
The man on the street really doesn’t care about most of what you think is important.
2. mod. common; everyday. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.)
These man-on-the-street interviews all seem sort of phony.
The man-on-the-street opinion spots are fun to make, but we can’t show half of them.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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