English-French translations for man on the street

• homme de la rue
  L'homme de la rue sait-il quand c'est possible de s'adresser à la Commission? Does the man on the street know when it is possible to appeal to the Commission?
  Tout cela parce que les ministres des transports n’ont pas écouté l’homme de la rue mais uniquement les groupes de pression de l’industrie des transports par poids lourds.All of this just because the Transport Ministers did not listen to the man on the street, but only to lobbyists from the HGV transport industry.
  Ceux-ci fabriquent des billets et des pièces d'une telle qualité, imitant même les dispositifs de sécurité, que l'homme de la rue se laisse facilement tromper par les billets de 50 euros contrefaits. They produce forged notes and coins of such high quality, which even have imitations of the security features, that the man on the street is easily taken in by the forged 50-euro notes.

Definition of man on the street

• An ordinary member of the general public, especially one who lacks special expertise

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