ivory tower

"You just have to go out from the ivory tower to where the real life is taking place."

And its not like I live or work in an ivory tower of any kind.

Do they live in the real world or ivory towers?

So this book didn't come out of an ivory tower.

The members of the commission live in an ivory tower.

Think about it while you're sitting up there in your ivory tower when you get back.

The concept of the ivory tower has been around a long time, too.

Here, too, the Commission does not work in an ivory tower.

"I think education schools have too often become ivory towers," he said.

I think we should have a big gathering of all the very important people who live in the ivory tower.