head in the sand

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

head in the sand (plural heads in the sand)

  1. A state of disregarding or denying a problem or threat.
    People who deny the inevitable zombie apocalypse have their heads in the sand.

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