live in an ivory tower

Cultural  

1. To lead an impractical existence removed from the pressures and troubles of everyday life: “Like most college professors, Clark lives in an ivory tower.”

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Example Sentences

Although he has an honourable record of political engagement, as far as most of humanity is concerned he might as well live in an ivory tower.

From The Guardian

“In Latin America a writer can’t live in an ivory tower,” she told the Economist in 1991.

From Washington Post

Don't go live in an ivory tower, read the newspapers and involve yourself in the world - where do you think subjects come from if not the world?”

From BBC

Don't go live in an ivory tower, read the newspapers and involve yourself in the world - where do you think subjects come from if not the world?

From BBC

"We want to show that we do not live in an ivory tower," says organizer Dario Padovan, a biologist at the University of Trieste.

From Science Magazine