Idiom
put one's head in the sand
Meaning
Synonym of bury one's head in the sand.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Don't put your head in the sand about your debts.”
“Instead of facing the declining sales figures, the manager chose to put his head in the sand.”
“By putting his head in the sand regarding the mounting evidence of his company's failure, the CEO ensured the eventual collapse of the entire organization.”
Examples
simple
“Don't put your head in the sand about your debts.”
contextual
“Instead of facing the declining sales figures, the manager chose to put his head in the sand.”
complex
“By putting his head in the sand regarding the mounting evidence of his company's failure, the CEO ensured the eventual collapse of the entire organization.”
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