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Head Bury Sand Refuse Face Unpleasant Reality Pretending

Phrase/Idiom bury head in sand
Definition If you bury your head in the sand, you refuse to face the unpleasant reality by pretending that the situation doesn’t exist.
Example It’s no use burying your head in the sand. We’ve got a problem and we need to solve it.

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