Ivory tower
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elfenbenstorn, elfenbenstorn
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
Exempel
The book was written by some college professor who 's spent her entire professional life in an ivory tower.
Boken skrevs av en högskoleprofessor som har tillbringat hela sitt yrkesliv i ett elfenbenstorn.
The professor 's theories are intriguing, but they often come across as ivory tower ideas that do n't consider real-world constraints.
Professorens teorier är intressanta, men de uppfattas ofta som elfenbenstorn-idéer som inte tar hänsyn till verklighetens begränsningar.
