Dwell in an ivory tower In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "dwell in an ivory tower", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

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Meaning of Dwell in an ivory tower (redirected from dwell in an/(one's) ivory tower )

Synonyms:

live/be/work in an/(one's) ivory tower

Dwell in an/(one's) ivory tower phrase

To live in a place or a group that is composed entirely of effete academics, and therefore not know about the pratical problems that happen in people's lives.

 

Stop dwelling in your ivory tower! You had better experience the complication of the real world.

A book like this must be written by the intellectual who has dwelled in his ivory tower. All the knowledge in it seems unrealistic.

Grammar and Usage of Dwell in an/(one's) ivory tower

The verb "dwell" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Dwell in an/(one's) ivory tower

This phrase is formed based on the meaning of the phrase "ivory tower".

 

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