Meaning of bury one's head in the sand | Babel Free
Definitions
To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist.
idiomatic
Equivalents
Deutsch
den Kopf in den Sand stecken
Español
tapar el sol con un dedo
Suomi
pistää päänsä pensaaseen
עברית
טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל
한국어
눈 가리고 아웅
Nederlands
de kop in het zand steken
Русский
пря́тать го́лову в песо́к
Examples
“Now this doubtness is an unhappy state of affairs to the lover of the steam locomotive, but we cannot, like the proverbial ostrich, bury our heads in the sand and refuse to face facts.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.