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Ivory tower
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torre de marfim, torre de marfim
a situation or state in which someone does not know or wishes to avoid the unpleasant things that can normally happen to people in their ordinary lives
Disapproving
Idiom
Informal
Exemplos
The book was written by some college professor who 's spent her entire professional life in an ivory tower.
O livro foi escrito por um professor universitário que passou toda a sua vida profissional em uma torre de marfim.
The professor 's theories are intriguing, but they often come across as ivory tower ideas that do n't consider real-world constraints.
As teorias do professor são intrigantes, mas muitas vezes são vistas como ideias de torre de marfim que não consideram as restrições do mundo real.
