bury one's head in the sand
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bury one's head in the sand
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A reference to the imagined habit of the ostrich burying its head when threatened. See also head in the sand.
verb buries one's head in the sand · burying one's head in the sand · buried one's head in the sand
- To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist. Now this doubtness is an unhappy state of affairs to the lover of the steam locomotive, but we cannot, like the proverbial ostrich, bury our heads in the sand and refuse to face facts.
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verb to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation
| Español | tapar el sol con un dedo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 눈 가리고 아웅 nun garigo aung |
| 中文 | 採取鴕鳥政策 /采取鸵鸟政策 cǎiqǔ tuóniǎo zhèngcè |
| Français | faire l'autruche, se voiler la face |
| Deutsch | den Kopf in den Sand stecken |
| Italiano | nascondere la testa sotto la sabbia, fare finta di niente, fare come lo struzzo |
| Română | se ascunde după deget |
| Русский | пря́тать го́лову в песо́к prjátatʹ gólovu v pesók |
| עברית | טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל tamán roshó baḥól |
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