The Collaborative International Dictionary
man in the street \man in the street\ n. An average person; as, the views of the man in the street.
Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic English) A typical person, unversed in a given subject; an inexpert commoner.
WordNet
n. a hypothetical average man [syn: John Doe, Joe Blow, Joe Bloggs]
Wikipedia
Man in the street may refer to:
- T.C. Mits, for "The Celebrated Man in the street"
- a generic term for an average member of the public; " The man on the Clapham omnibus"
- "Man in the Street", a 1964 song written and performed by The Skatalites
- "Man in the Street", song performed by The Hooters
- "Man in the Street", song on the album Hell of a Tester by The Rasmus
- "Man in the Street", song in Rockers (soundtrack)
- "I'll Tell the Man in the Street", song in 1938 stage musical I Married An Angel
- "Man in the Street", an episode of All in the Family
- L'Homme dans la rue, a Maigret short story by Georges Simenon
Usage examples of "man in the street".
In the pictures, you can't have a gunfight with just one man in the street.
With Arabic numerals the man in the street could learn arithmetical tricks only Roman scholars could performand that laboriously.
With Arabic numerals the man in the street could learn arithmetical tricks only Roman scholars could perform-and that laboriously.
Number one topic with the man in the street appears to be the unexpected return to England of Reginald, Cardinal Vole, after more than a quarter century in exile.