hide head in the sand

hide your head in the sand

also stick your head in the sand

to refuse to think about an unpleasant situation Teachers can't just hide their heads in the sand and not try to find out why students aren't doing better.

Usage notes: also used with bury and other verbs: All Olivia wanted to do was bury her head in the sand and forget everything.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chin	-	Chinese
Sem	SEM (Dutch)	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Dutch
Victoria	vik-TAWR-ee-ə (English), vik-TO-ree-ah (German)	English, Spanish, Romanian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Alecia	ə-LIS-yə, ə-LIS-ee-ə, ə-LISH-ə, ə-LEE-shə	English
Pancho	PAHN-cho	Spanish
Bobby	['bɔbi]