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What is the meaning and origin of the idiom stick your head in the sand?In: Idioms and Slang |
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The origin of the phrase is the (mistaken) belief that the ostrich buries its head when in danger .
Today the expression means to ignore unwanted news or events in the hope that they will go away.
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