live under a rock
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live under a rock
verb lives under a rock · living under a rock · lived under a rock
- 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. Of course I know about Looney Tunes, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Simpsons. I do not live under a rock.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see live, under, rock. 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.
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verb to be isolated from knowledge of current events
| 中文 | 坐井觀天 /坐井观天 zuòjǐngguāntiān |
|---|---|
| Português | viver debaixo de uma pedra |
| Français | vivre dans une grotte, vivre dans un nuage |
| Deutsch | hinterm Mond leben |
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