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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
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What does it mean "to fall far from your ivory tower"?
  

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Hi, What does it mean "to fall far from your ivory tower"? If you 'live in an ivory tower', it means that you live in a mental world of imagination and often of idealism that is not related to reality. Thus, your phrase means to 'leave' such a mental state.

  • Hi, What does it mean "to fall far from your ivory tower"?
  • If you 'live in an ivory tower', it means that you live in a mental world of imagination and often of idealism that is not related to reality.
  • Thus, your phrase means to 'leave' such a mental state.
  • Clive
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Hi,

What does it mean "to fall far from your ivory tower"?

If you 'live in an ivory tower', it means that you live in a mental world of imagination and often of idealism that is not related to reality.

Thus, your phrase means to 'leave' such a mental state.

Clive

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