live under a rock

verb

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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Meanings

verblive 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)

present singular third person lives under a rock · participle present living under a rock · participle past lived under a rock · past lived under a rock

  1. figurativelyTo 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.

  2. 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.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 坐井觀天 /坐井观天
  • 坐井觀天 /坐井观天 (zuòjǐngguāntiān)to be isolated from knowledge of current events
Danish leve under en sten
  • leve under en stento be isolated from knowledge of current events
Finnish kasvaa tynnyrissä
  • kasvaa tynnyrissäto be isolated from knowledge of current events
French vivre dans une grotte, vivre dans un nuage
  • vivre dans une grotteto be isolated from knowledge of current events
  • vivre dans un nuageto be isolated from knowledge of current events
German hinterm Mond leben
  • hinterm Mond lebento be isolated from knowledge of current events
Hungarian barlangban él
  • barlangban élto be isolated from knowledge of current events
Norwegian Bokmål leve under en stein
  • leve under en steinto be isolated from knowledge of current events
Polish nie być na bieżąco
  • nie być na bieżącoto be isolated from knowledge of current events
Portuguese viver debaixo de uma pedra
  • viver debaixo de uma pedrato be isolated from knowledge of current events
Swedish leva under en sten
  • leva under en stento be isolated from knowledge of current events
Turkish dünyadan haberi olmamak
  • dünyadan haberi olmamakto be isolated from knowledge of current events
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APA

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“live under a rock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/live%20under%20a%20rock. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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