| 释义 |
idiomin a world of your ownnot noticing what is happening around you because you are thinking about your own feelings, problems, interests etc:Kerry seemed to be living in a world of her own in the weeks before she killed herself.Chris didn't really say anything interesting, and Dad just sat there in a world of his own.
(redirected from in a world of your own)in a world of (one's) ownConsumed by one's thoughts, imagination, etc., to such a degree that one is unaware of or insensitive to one's surroundings and/or the outside world in general. It's no use trying to talk to Helen about something like this—she's always in a world of her own. *in a world of one's ownFig. aloof; detached; self-centered. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~; live ~.) John lives in a world of his own. He has very few friends. Mary walks around in a world of her own, but she's very intelligent. |