head-in-the-sand

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение head-in-the-sand в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

Exhibiting disregard or denial of a problem or threat

The head-in-the-sand approach to environmentalism seldom improves matters.

(deyim) Unable to see, unwilling to look. "The minister hasn't noticed their poverty. His head is in the sand."

Этимология

() A reference to the imagined habit of the ostrich burying its head when threatened.