proverb · Words worth keeping
Bury your head in the sand.
Bury your head in the sand.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
The phrase describes hiding one’s head in sand. In the supplied reading, it means avoiding an unpleasant issue instead of confronting it.
What the words are saying
The concealed view makes avoidance visible. A useful application asks whether a concern is being ignored and what would make engagement possible. Taking time, needing support or disagreeing about a claim is not automatically denial; the image supplies no verified animal behavior or origin.
Everyday example
Someone acknowledges a difficult question and asks for the information needed to address it.
When to use it
Use it to discuss avoidance without assuming motives from delay alone.
What it does not mean
No animal fact or proof that a person is deliberately ignoring an issue is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided proverb reference
Supplied reference A; unit 450; PDF page 66
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.