just folks
just folks
Kind and down-to-earth. They live in a huge mansion, so I really doubt they're just folks, even though they'd like us to believe that they are.
See also: folk, just
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
just folks
Friendly, unpretentious. For example, Politicians meeting the public like to pretend they are just folks, but that's not always true . [First half of 1900s]
See also: folk, just
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
just folks
Informal Down-to-earth, open-hearted.
See also: folk, just
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
just folks
Ordinary people; unpretentious, down-to-earth individuals. This term has been around since about 1900. Zona Gale used it in Friendship Village (1908): “I see ’em all comin’ from the funeral . . . neighbors an’ friends an’ just folks.” See also man in the street.
See also: folk, just
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- down to earth
- down-to-earth
- in doubt
- beyond (a) doubt
- beyond a doubt
- without/beyond doubt
- beyond a/the shadow of a doubt
- without a doubt
- be money for jam
- money for jam