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head in the sand
Idioms and Phrases
see hide one's head .Example Sentences
I've tried to bury my head in the sand, which I know is not the way, but I just think there's nothing I can do.
"A common option these days — most recently — is to bury your head in the sand and pray that Donald Trump will abolish the income tax," said Allec.
He is sticking his head in the sand and plugging his ears to keep from finding out the consequences of his actions.
There's no point in putting your head in the sand and hoping that this discussion is going away.
"Tax generally can be quite an intimidating topic," accountant Benedicta Egbeme, founder of BeniRatio Finances, told the BBC, adding that even though the UK tax system is "complex and daunting," people should not "bury their head in the sand" because of the fear from not engaging with the system.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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