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head in the sand



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Idioms and Phrases

see hide one's head .

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That head-in-the-sand mentality may be why statistics on elder rape and assault are so hard to come by.

There is something we can do that avoids the extremes of explicit discussion and head-in-the-sand avoidance.

Washington, of course, is no stranger to gridlock and head-in-the-sand economics.

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