man in the street

The man-in-the-street is not easily persuaded that the basis of the comic is, not uncommon nonsense, but glorified common-sense.

Far too long has the man-in-the-street been encouraged in an attitude of scorn for the efforts of the Twenty-three.

In European countries, however democratic, the man-in-the-street has rarely any immediate authority over Foreign Affairs.

Like the man-in-the-street, Montaigne found refuge from reason in conviction.