just folks: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    GeneralUSUKinformalcolloquial
    • Ordinary, everyday people; individuals who are unpretentious and not distinguished by social rank or special status.

    Examples

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    • The festival was meant for just folks who love simple country music and good company.

      The festival was meant for just folks who love simple country music and good company.

    • Though successful, he remained just folks at heart, never forgetting his humble beginnings.

      Though successful, he remained just folks at heart, never forgetting his humble beginnings.

    • The charity event was organized by just folks who wanted to help their neighbors in need.

      The charity event was organized by just folks who wanted to help their neighbors in need.

  • 2.

    Generalinformalcolloquialdismissive
    • A minimizing or reassuring phrase implying that someone or a group are not unusual, important, or threatening.

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    • Don’t worry, they’re just folks like us, not some high-powered executives trying to intimidate you.

      Don’t worry, they’re just folks like us, not some high-powered executives trying to intimidate you.

    • He reassured the nervous newcomers by saying, ‘We’re just folks here, nothing to fear.’

      He reassured the nervous newcomers by saying, ‘We’re just folks here, nothing to fear.’

    • Though they seemed intimidating at first, the group turned out to be just folks who wanted to help.

      Though they seemed intimidating at first, the group turned out to be just folks who wanted to help.

Examples:

  • EN: It's just folks are hard to please.
    ES: - ¿En serio? - Es difícil complacer a la gente.
  • EN: Hah, just folks, we just ain't gonna pay no attention to her. 'Probably another Yankee sympathizer.'
    ES: Amigos, no le hagáis caso, seguro que es simpatizante yanqui.
  • EN: I mean, you're just folks, just like us.
    ES: Sois gente normal, como nosotros.
  • EN: Those others are just folks out walking.
    ES: Esas otras son sólo personas caminando.
  • EN: Oh, you know, they are just folks here.
    ES: Aquí son personas normales.
  • EN: No big thing. Y'all are just folks. Like everybody else.
    ES: Ustedes los agentes son humanos como todos los demás.
  • EN: Loretta, folks are just folks the world over.
    ES: Loretta, la gente es gente en todas partes.
  • EN: Hey, we're just folks like you.
    ES: Somos gente como ustedes.
  • EN: Oh, just folks, you know. A few friends. Don't worry about refreshments...
    ES: Ya sabes, conocer a gente, hacer nuevos amigos, no te preocupes por las bebidas que tenemos todo.
  • EN: You're not just folks.
    ES: Ud. no es alguien común.
    ES: Ud. no es alguien común.
  • EN: Well, if it's just folks running around hearing voices and chasing after butterflies, they wouldn't need us.
    ES: Si sólo fueran tipos oyendo voces o persiguiendo mariposas, no nos necesitarían a nosotros.
  • EN: People like us. My mother, me and my brother, we just folks from around the way.
    ES: La gente como nosotros, mi madre yo y mi hermano sólo estamos al costado del camino.
  • EN: Yeah, just folks saying they saw a tornado or funnel cloud right outside the town.
    ES: Sí, es que la gente dice haber visto un tornado a las afueras del pueblo.
  • EN: That was the whole continent, just folks doing that.
    ES: ¡A lo largo de todo el continente la gente sólo hacía eso!
  • EN: Well, well, just folks.
    ES: Bien, bien, amigos.
  • EN: It's just folks are hard to please.
    ES: - ¿En serio? - Es difícil complacer a la gente.
  • EN: Well, well, just folks.
    ES: Bien, bien, amigos.

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