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bury your head in the sand

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To bury your head in the sand is to refuse to face a problem you know is there. Do not bury your head in the sand.

It is always a criticism, and the refusal is deliberate rather than ignorant. Ostriches do not actually do it, which everybody says and nobody minds.

Definitions of bury your head in the sand

  1. 1phrasebury your head in the sandTo refuse to face a problem you know is there.B2

    “You cannot bury your head in the sand about a bill that size.”

bury your head in the sand is a phrase.

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