ivory tower

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But some parts of the ivory tower have proved harder to occupy than others.
但象牙塔的某些部分確實比之其他部分更難到達。
When do we learn our most important skills - the sand box or the ivory tower?
我們何時學會了最重要的技能——生活中還是象牙塔內？
Success is the most desirable thing, and everyone wants it, especially for those students who just gradate from ivory tower.
成功是件好事，每個人都渴望成功，尤其對那些剛剛從象牙塔畢業的大學生。

We are going to bridge Ivory tower and Main Street, and show the science and also the danger behind that belief.
我們將連通象牙塔和主街，說明那個信仰背後的科學和危險。
哈彿公開課 - 幸福課課程節選
The explicit mandate of positive psychology as well as of this class is to create a bridge between Ivory tower and mainstreet.
積極心理學及本課程的宗旨非常明確,就是要在象牙塔及大衆間搆建橋梁。
哈彿公開課 - 幸福課課程節選
And it's up to you,to take responsibility, to bridge the Ivory tower and Main Street.
能否搭起學校與社會的橋梁，取決於我們自己。
哈彿公開課 - 幸福課課程節選

The folks at Wharton should leave the Ivory tower and get out into the real world.
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To live or be in an ivory tower is not to know about or to want to avoid the ordinary and unpleasant things that happen in people's lives.

If you describe someone as living in an ivory tower, you mean that they have no knowledge or experience of the practical problems of everyday life.