live under a rock

English

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Verb

live under a rock (third-person singular simple present lives under a rock, present participle living under a rock, simple past and past participle lived under a rock)

1. (figurative) 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.

2. (figurative) Live in isolation.

   Roberta's wife attempted to live under a rock to avoid contracting diseases from her friends and family.

Translations

to be isolated from knowledge of current events

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坐井觀天／坐井观天 (zh) (zuòjǐngguāntiān)

• Danish: leve under en sten
• Finnish: kasvaa tynnyrissä
• French: vivre dans une grotte (fr)
• German: hinterm Mond leben
• Hungarian: barlangban él, a világtól elzárva​/​elzártan​/​elvonultan​/​elvonulva​/​elszigetelve​/​elszigetelten​/​távol él
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: leve under en stein

  Nynorsk: leve under en stein, leva under en stein

• Polish: nie być na bieżąco
• Portuguese: viver debaixo de uma pedra
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• Swedish: leva under en sten
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