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an/(one's) ivory tower
an/(one's) ivory tower
A place or a social circle that is characterized by effete academic intelligence and thus is out of touch with or aloof from the realities of life. I don't put much weight in the advice of a bunch of economists living in their ivory towers who've never worked a real job in their lives. It seemed easy to solve all the world's problems when I was living in an ivory tower. Now that I'm out of college, I realize things are so much more complex than I'd imagined.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Orfeo | | - | Italian, Spanish |
Ridwan | | - | Arabic |
Friedemann | | FREE-de-mahn | German |
Kristoffer | | KREES-tof-fer (Finnish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish |
Salli | | SAHL-lee | Finnish |
Lorn | | LAWRN | English (Rare) |