man in the street

English

Noun

man in the street (plural men in the street)

1. (idiomatic) A typical person, unversed in a given subject; an inexpert commoner.

   Synonym: person in the street

Translations

a typical person

• Finnish: kaduntallaaja
• French: homme de la rue (fr) m, monsieur Tout-le-monde (fr) m, Monsieur Tout-le-Monde (fr) m, individu lambda, pékin moyen (fr) m, pékin de base, simple quidam m, Madame Tout-le-Monde f
• Spanish: ciudadano de a pie

See also

• layman
• man on the street
• man on the Clapham omnibus
• pub test
• vox populi