ivory tower

What do professors and academics sitting in their ivory towers know about the real world?

那些坐在象牙塔里的教授和学者对真世界又知道多少？

Just because I’m a writer, it doesn’t mean I live in an ivory tower. I have to earn a living like anyone else.

我是个家，但这并不意味着我活在象牙塔里。我要像其他人一样谋，养活己。