head-in-the-sand love

head-in-the-sand

Definitions

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  • adjective idiomatic Exhibiting disregard or denial of a problem or threat.

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • So, while I applaud New York, which is doing the right thing based on all the statistics and plain old common sense, more than that I have some suggestions for the sex ed teachers, since they're going to be barraged by angry, Puritan, head-in-the-sand antagonists anyway, to include in the curriculum.

    Kerry Cohen: Sex Education Tips Kerry Cohen 2011

  • A head-in-the-sand outlook which drives me to despair is when friends and online posters break out crime statistics for U.S. cities, e.g; "Washington DC is x times worse, so we must be safe in Michoacán."

    Page 3 2010

  • So, while I applaud New York, which is doing the right thing based on all the statistics and plain old common sense, more than that I have some suggestions for the sex ed teachers, since they're going to be barraged by angry, Puritan, head-in-the-sand antagonists anyway, to include in the curriculum.

    Kerry Cohen: Sex Education Tips Kerry Cohen 2011

  • So, while I applaud New York, which is doing the right thing based on all the statistics and plain old common sense, more than that I have some suggestions for the sex ed teachers, since they're going to be barraged by angry, Puritan, head-in-the-sand antagonists anyway, to include in the curriculum.

    Kerry Cohen: Sex Education Tips Kerry Cohen 2011

  • So, while I applaud New York, which is doing the right thing based on all the statistics and plain old common sense, more than that I have some suggestions for the sex ed teachers, since they're going to be barraged by angry, Puritan, head-in-the-sand antagonists anyway, to include in the curriculum.

    Kerry Cohen: Sex Education Tips Kerry Cohen 2011

  • As former homeowners in the Lake Chapala area, we certainly have seen enough of the "head-in-the-sand" routine from those that hide in their "gringo ghetto" and live the great life.

    Page 2 2009

  • As former homeowners in the Lake Chapala area, we certainly have seen enough of the "head-in-the-sand" routine from those that hide in their "gringo ghetto" and live the great life.

    Page 2 2009

  • A head-in-the-sand outlook which drives me to despair is when friends and online posters break out crime statistics for U.S. cities, e.g; "Washington DC is x times worse, so we must be safe in Michoacán."

    Page 3 2010

  • A head-in-the-sand outlook which drives me to despair is when friends and online posters break out crime statistics for U.S. cities, e.g; "Washington DC is x times worse, so we must be safe in Michoacán."

    Page 3 2010

  • So, while I applaud New York, which is doing the right thing based on all the statistics and plain old common sense, more than that I have some suggestions for the sex ed teachers, since they're going to be barraged by angry, Puritan, head-in-the-sand antagonists anyway, to include in the curriculum.

    Kerry Cohen: Sex Education Tips Kerry Cohen 2011

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