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Idiom to have your head in the sand
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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