be in an (one's) ivory tower Idiom, Proverb

a tower of strength

a person who helps you during a crisis, a brick When my parents were killed in an accident, Harry was a tower of strength to me.

tower of strength

(See a tower of strength)

live in an ivory tower

Idiom(s): live in an ivory tower

Theme: ALOOF

to be aloof from the realities of living. (Live can be replaced by a number of expressions meaning "to dwell or spend time," as in the first example.)
• If you didn't spend so much time in your ivory tower, you'd know what people really think!
• Many professors are said to live in ivory towers. They don't know what the real world is like.

Ivory tower

People who live in ivory towers are detached from the world around them.

control tower|control|tower

n. A tower with large windows and a good view of an airport so that the traffic of airplanes can be seen and controlled, usually by radio. We could see the lights at the control tower as our plane landed during the night.

live in an ivory tower|ivory|ivory tower|live|towe

v. phr. To be blind to real life; live an unrealistically sheltered existence. Professor Nebelmacher has no idea of the cost of living; he lives in an ivory tower.

tower of strength|strength|tower

n. phr. Someone who is strong, helpful, and sympathetic, and can always be relied on in times of trouble. John was a veritable tower of strength to our family while my father was in the war and my mother lay ill in the hospital.

tower

tower
In addition to the idiom beginning with tower, also see ivory tower

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