the groves of Academe
a humorous expression meaning the life of a student or teacher at a university, when this is thought of as being very quiet and not affected by the problems of ordinary life

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groves of academe
[formal]
universities or education.
After a year's travelling in South America, Jack returned to the groves of academe to teach Spanish at Cambridge.

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