bury one's head in the sand

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

Verb

 * 1)  To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 採取鴕鳥政策
 * Dutch: de kop in het zand steken
 * Finnish: pistää päänsä pensaaseen
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: homokba dugja a fejét
 * Italian: nascondere la testa sotto la sabbia, fare finta di niente, fare come lo struzzo
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, strutse
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: