Today's expression is......bury one's head in the sand

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Today's expression is



bury one's head in the sand

Meaning: to ignore a problem or hide from some obvious danger, to refuse to see or face something

Example: My uncle buried his head in the sand and tried not to talk about the problem


Origin: This comes from the supposed habit of ostriches hiding when faced with attack by predators. The story was first recorded by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder, who suggested that ostriches hide their heads in bushes. Ostriches don't hide, either in bushes or sand, although they do sometimes lie on the ground to make themselves inconspicuous. The 'burying their head in the sand' myth is likely to have originated from people observing them lowering their heads when feeding