live under a rock en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(figuratively) 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.
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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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lives under a rock | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| lived under a rock | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lived under a rock | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| living under a rock | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (14)
pl nie być na bieżąco (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · de hinterm Mond leben (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · nn leve under en stein (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · nn leva under en stein (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · fr vivre dans une grotte (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · tr dünyadan haberi olmamak (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · hu barlangban él (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · fr vivre dans un nuage (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · pt viver debaixo de uma pedra (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · sv leva under en sten (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · nb leve under en stein (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · cmn 坐井觀天 /坐井观天 (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · fi kasvaa tynnyrissä (to be isolated from knowledge of current events) · da leve under en sten (to be isolated from knowledge of current events)