- to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to bury one's head in the sand
This idiom describes a situation where someone refuses to acknowledge or confront an unpleasant reality by ignoring it, much like an ostrich hiding its head in the sand to avoid danger.
She always buries her head in the sand and refuses to face the problems at work.
tā他zài在jīng jì wēi jī经济危机qī jiān期间xuǎn zé选择lòu fǔ chōng jī漏脯充饥,ér而bù shì不是xún zhǎo寻找jiě jué解决fāng àn方案。
During the economic crisis, he chose to bury his head in the sand rather than look for solutions.
Generated collocations (experimental)
lòu fǔ chōng jī漏脯充饥to bury one's head in the sandtōng guò通过lòu fǔ chōng jī漏脯充饥to cope with problems through avoidanceyǐ以lòu fǔ chōng jī漏脯充饥de的tài du态度an attitude of burying one's head in the sandlòu fǔ chōng jī漏脯充饥de的fāng shì方式a way of avoiding realitymiàn duì面对kùn nan困难shí时lòu fǔ chōng jī漏脯充饥to bury one's head in the sand when facing difficultieslòu fǔ chōng jī漏脯充饥bìng bù并不Néng能jiě jué解决wèn tí问题burying one's head in the sand does not solve problemslòu fǔ chōng jī漏脯充饥de的zuò fǎ做法the practice of avoiding issueslòu fǔ chōng jī漏脯充饥zhī只huì会ràng让shì qing事情biàn de变得gēng更zāo糟burying one's head in the sand will only make things worsebì miǎn避免zhí miàn直面wèn tí问题de的lòu fǔ chōng jī漏脯充饥the avoidance of facing problems by burying one's head in the sandlòu fǔ chōng jī漏脯充饥shì是yī zhǒng一种táo bì逃避burying one's head in the sand is a form of escapism