bury one's head in the sand

English

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Verb

bury one 's head in the sand

(idiomatic) To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist.

Translations

to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation

Chinese:
Mandarin: 採取鴕鳥政策, 采取鸵鸟政策 (cǎiqǔ tuóniǎo zhèngcè)
Dutch: de kop in het zand steken
Finnish: pistää päänsä pensaaseen
French: faire l'autruche (fr)
German: den Kopf in den Sand stecken (de)
Hebrew: טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל‎ (he) (tamán roshó baḥól)

Hungarian: homokba dugja a fejét
Italian: nascondere la testa sotto la sabbia, fare finta di niente, fare come lo struzzo
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stikke hodet i sanden (no), strutse
Polish: chować głowę w piasek (pl)
Russian: пря́тать го́лову в песо́к (ru) (prjátatʹ gólovu v pesók)

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