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	Pronounced	Usage
Elah	-	Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Alessa	ah-LES-sah	Italian
Ennius	-	Ancient Roman
Zaccai	-	Biblical
Sizwe	-	Southern African, Xhosa
Aleksandr	ah-lyek-SAHNDR (Russian), ah-leek-SAHNDR (Russian)	Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian