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To live in isolation: to live hermetically (especially, hermitically); thus, to be unaware of or be oblivious to common knowledge; to be isolated from knowledge of current events.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- Of course I know about Looney Tunes, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Simpsons. I do not live under a rock.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see live, under, rock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Eventually their misanthropy got so bad that they built a ferroconcrete underground home in the farthest boondocks of North Dakota so that they could literally live under a rock.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
坐井觀天 /坐井观天
(zuòjǐngguāntiān)
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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Danish:
leve under en sten
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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Finnish:
kasvaa tynnyrissä
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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French:
vivre dans une grotte
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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French:
vivre dans un nuage
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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German:
hinterm Mond leben
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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Hungarian:
barlangban él
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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Norwegian Bokmål:
leve under en stein
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
leve under en stein
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
leva under en stein
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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Polish:
nie być na bieżąco
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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Portuguese:
viver debaixo de uma pedra
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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Swedish:
leva under en sten
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
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Turkish:
dünyadan haberi olmamak
— to be isolated from knowledge of current events
