Dic: common touch

• Despite being one of the richest and most famous women in the world, she never lost the common touch.
• an effective administrator and also an effective leader, with a common touch. (Christian Science Monitor).
• Cf. This room needs a woman's touch.

1. the ability of a powerful or famous person to talk to and understand ordinary people.
2. the ability to appeal to the interests and sensibilities of the ordinary person.
3. PHRASE : usu PHR after v | If you say that someone has the common touch, you mean that they have the natural ability to have a good relationship with ordinary people and be popular with them.

... OALD, The American Heritage, Cobuild