live in an ivory tower

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.”

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.

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

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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?”

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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?

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

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