Meter la cabeza en la arena

To bury one's head in the sand

Idioms & Sayings

Notes & Usage:

Describes avoiding a problem by pretending it doesn't exist instead of facing it. Identical in meaning to the English idiom.

No puedes meter la cabeza en la arena para siempre.

You can't bury your head in the sand forever.

En lugar de afrontar el problema, metió la cabeza en la arena.

Instead of facing the problem, he buried his head in the sand.

—¿Qué hace con el tema? —Meter la cabeza en la arena, como siempre.

—What does she do about the issue? —Buries her head in the sand, as always.

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