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in an ivory tower
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*in an ivory tower
Fig. in a place, such as a university, where one can be aloof from the realities of living. (Typ—ically: be ~; dwell ~; live ~; work ~.) If you didn't spend so much time in your ivory tower, you'd know what people really think! Many professors are said to live in ivory towers. They don't know what the real world is like.
See also: ivory, tower
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The lengthy silence lends itself to the thought that only angry talk among restless natives of a mass uprising at the Peterborough match stirred those who live in an ivory tower.
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We all hear about artists who want to live in an ivory tower and let the world come and discover them, but that s pretty arrogant," Van Zwoll said.
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Nick Rees, vice-chairman of Hurworth's governors, said: "Dean doesn't live in an ivory tower.
Headteacher of the Year by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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