English Explanatory Dictionary

bury one's head in the sand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist.

Pronunciation

en-au-bury one's head in the sand.ogg

Word forms

bury one's head in the sand buries one's head in the sand burying one's head in the sand buried one's head in the sand

Etymology

A reference to the imagined habit of the ostrich burying its head when threatened. See also head in the sand.

Related words

fiddle while Rome burns sweep something under the rug
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