Idiom | to have your head in the sand |
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Definition | to be blind to what is going on around you |
Examples | - No wonder you don't know what's going on. You have your head in the sand the whole time. - It's time you took your head out of the sand and saw how she's cheating you. - I’m no racist, but I don't have my head in the sand like most liberals. - We knew Stalin had his head in the sand as the Nazi invasion approached in June 1941, but not how criminally deluded he was. |
Note | The expression is often used with the verb to bury: Don't bury your head in the sand. (Ostriches are said to put their heads in the sand.) |
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