The Duchess of York | Sarah Ferguson PODCAST | An Idiom a Day Episode 117 -Transcript & Idiom Notes Wednesday, 23 May 2018 an ivory tower MUSIC At a royal wedding, it is customary for the royal bridesmaids and pageboys to be the young children of family and friends. During the wedding procession, the children walk behind the bride carrying the veil and the flowers. MUSIC Traditionally American wedding parties include a flower girl. A flower girl is a young girl who scatters flower petals down the aisle during the wedding procession. She symbolically leads the bride forward, from childhood to adulthood and from innocence to her roles of wife and mother. MUSIC Hello and welcome to episode 117… of… An Idiom a Day I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… an ivory tower QUOTE I’d like to be queen of people’s hearts. ~ Princess Diana MUSIC an ivory tower … if you describe someone as living in an ivory tower, they have no knowledge or experience of the practical problems of everyday life… to want to avoid the ordinary and unpleasant things that happen in people’s lives Whoever wrote this article has no knowledge or experience of everyday life. Here is the same sentence using the idiom… an ivory tower Whoever wrote this article lives in an ivory tower. Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … an ivory tower If you climbed down from your ivory tower, you would see homelessness is everywhere Politicians need to come down from their ivory towers and talk to real people with real problems. You are living in an ivory tower if you believe that everyone has clean drinking water. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? What charity work have you done? An Idiom a Day is sponsored by Native Tongue English. NTE is an online resource for ESL students, teachers, and tutors who study, live and work abroad. To read today’s podcast and idiom notes visit Native Tongue English. That’s www–dot–NAT–IVE–TON–GUE–dash– ENG–LISH– dot– com MUSIC If you like the podcast, leave a review or comment. If you love the podcast, tell a friend. Thank you for listening and the next idiom is… a knight in shining armor Remember…Learn Something New Every Day For all my listeners on Anchor.FM, I want to hear your voice. Leave a voice message sharing your sentence using today’s idiom…. an ivory tower…On Fridays, I will post an episode with just your voice messages. IDIOM NOTES USAGE disapproval commonly used in academic settings such as colleges or universities The professor retired after 30 years in the ivory tower. often used before another noun an ivory-tower intellectual ©Copyright, Native Tongue English, 2015-2018. All rights reserved.
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