Meaning of common touch | Babel Free

Definitions

The personal quality of showing understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people; rapport with and acceptance by ordinary people, usually in a celebrity or leader.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“If you can talk⟳ with crowds and keep⟳ your virtue, Or walk⟳ with kings—nor lose⟳ the common touch⟳; . . . Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it”

“The crowd roared its approval and gave a standing ovation to the new President of Africa's most populous nation. That common touch⟳ has served Babangida well.”

“The admiral is the first enlisted man to lead⟳ the Navy, and Navy aides are busy cultivating his image as a four-star officer with a common touch⟳.”

“From the first moments of his papacy it has been evident that Francis is a “people person,” with a gentle common touch⟳ and a gift for pastoral outreach.”

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