head in the sand
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See also: head-in-the-sand
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- head-in-the-sand (attributive)
Etymology[edit]
A reference to the imagined habit of the ostrich burying its head when threatened.
Noun[edit]
head in the sand (plural heads in the sand)
- A state of disregarding or denying a problem or threat.
- People who deny the inevitable zombie apocalypse have their heads in the sand.
- 1961 June, B. A. Haresnape, “Design on the railway: Part Four”, in Trains Illustrated, page 354:
- In my opinion, the railways still have their heads in the sand on the subject of railway liveries.
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Further reading[edit]
- Ostrich effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia