A metaphor which relates to a person being oblivious to what they hear or see around them.
Years ago people believed that when threatened an ostrich would stick it's head in the sand thinking it was hiding from whatever dangers were around while all the time the biggest part of it's body was still sticking out in plain sight. Kind of a " if I can't see you, you can't see me " voluntary denial of the situation.
So if a person has their head buried they are trying to avoid dealing with a situation or realize the inevitable by pretending the problem or fact is not really there. With your head in the sand you can not hear or see what is happening around you so in your mind it really isn't happening at all.
People used to believe that an ostrich would bury their head in the sand when scared. It means the person is ignoring what is going on and is not willing to deal with it.
In hungarian it means goat In Arabic it means Lion In chinese it means Sand
because the sand is thicker than the water and the sand absorbs the water makeing the sand heavier, allowing it to sink.
"To see the world in a grain of sand" is an example of paradox.
whether you steal a candy from a sweet shop, or murder someone in cold blood, it is a sin nontheless!that even if a cicle or square rock it sinks
The phrase "buried your head in the sand" is an idiom that means to avoid or ignore a problem or unpleasant situation instead of facing it. It refers to the behavior of an ostrich, which is believed to bury its head in the sand when faced with danger. The phrase implies a lack of awareness or refusal to acknowledge the truth.
Its on the sand as if in the sand that means one has buried it self in sand
A Horn lizard becuase when it is buried under sand it will shake it body so it could get out of the sand
People used to believe that an ostrich would bury their head in the sand when scared. It means the person is ignoring what is going on and is not willing to deal with it.
I think the Runescape developers probably originally envisioned Clarence the wizard's head being found in the sand (head in the sand) but then later realized if you found his head first there wouldn't really be a mystery or quest to solve since it would be obvious who it belonged to, being his head and all. So they changed it to hand but left the pun I guess.
Your body was numb for a second
They do not sleep underwater but when resting, it lies at the bottom, buried in sand or mud, lifting its head to breathe or snatch at prey.
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The Frilled Venerid live partly buried in fine sand between 600 to 1200 meters in depth.
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Don't you mean Gaara of the sand in Naruto? Anyway the symbol on Gaara's head means love.