English Explanatory Dictionary

head in the sand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A state of disregarding or denying a problem or threat.

Word forms

head in the sand heads in the sand head-in-the-sand

Etymology

A reference to the imagined habit of the ostrich burying its head when threatened.

Related words

bury one's head in the sand ostrich policy ostrich politics
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