Down to earth means practical, modest and easy to talk to. A down to earth manner, refreshingly down to earth, down to earth about it.
It is always praise, and it is used most of people who could have been grand and are not. Applied to advice it means useful rather than clever.
1phrasedown to earthPractical, modest, and easy to talk to.
“For a famous man he was remarkably down to earth.”
down to earth is a phrase.
Also accepted in games: down-to-earth
Practised in Idioms