a man of the people

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   a man who understands and is sympathetic to ordinary people

   I don't pretend to be a man of the people, Senator...

   Our premier is a man of the people, but he is also a man, if you follow.

In the movies · 2

• I don't pretend to be a man of the people, Senator...Gladiator2000
• Our premier is a man of the people, but he is also a man, if you follow.Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
• It's weird, man. It's the people here, too.Get Out2017
• Man, the way people drive in this city.Ambulance2022
• Bill, the man saved nine people.Shazam!2019
• Hey, man, there are people out there.The Day After Tomorrow2004
• You think a man who butchers people for the mob doesn't belong in jail?Batman Begins2005
• Ooh! Man down, people.The Tuxedo2002

Learn it in full scenes

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
  • Major Kong's Pep Talk
  • General Turgidson Dodges Calls
  • Mandrake Confronts General Ripper

From the same entry

• as one man
• be man
• be man enough
• every man for himself
• make a man of
• a man about town
• man and boy
• the man in the street
• a man of God cloth
• the man of the match
• man's best friend
• a man's home is his castle