HAVE ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND

Meaning of HAVE ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND in English

To keep from seeing, knowing, or understanding something dangerous or unpleasant; to refuse to see or face something. * /If there is a war, you cannot just bury your head in the sand./

See: HIDE ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND.

Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012

HAVE ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND — To keep from seeing, knowing, or understanding something dangerous or unpleasant; to refuse to see or face something. * /If …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAND — I Mineral, rock, or soil particles that are 0. 0008–0.08 in. (0.02–2 mm) in diameter. Most rock-forming minerals are found …
Английский словарь Британика
SAND — I. ˈsand, ˈsaa(ə)nd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sond, sand, from Old English; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAVE — I. (|)hav, (|)hev; as an auxiliary “ or _(h)əv or after a vowel v; before “to” usually |haf or |hef …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAND — — sandable , adj. — sandless , adj. — sandlike , adj. /sand/ , n. 1. the more or less …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAVE — /hav/ ; unstressed /heuhv, euhv/ ; for 26 usually /haf/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. have …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAND — I. ˈsand noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German sant sand, Latin sabulum, Greek psammos …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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SAND — noun courage; pluck; grit. 2. sand ·vt to drive upon the sand. 3. sand ·noun a single particle of such …
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SAND — [sand] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG sant sand, L sabulum, Gk psammos] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a loose …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SAND — sand BrE AmE sænd ▷ sanded ˈsænd ɪd -əd ▷ sanding ˈsænd ɪŋ ▷ sands sændz ▶ ˈ sand ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SAND — / sænd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a substance that consists of very small …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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SAND — I. sand 1 S3 W3 /sænd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [uncountable] a substance consisting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SAND — n. & v. --n. 1 a loose granular substance resulting from the wearing down of esp. siliceous rocks and found …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAND — n. & v. n. 1 a loose granular substance resulting from the wearing down of esp. siliceous rocks and found …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAND — n. & v. --n. 1. a loose granular substance resulting from the wearing down of esp. siliceous rocks and found …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAND — ( sands, sanding, sanded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Sand is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAD — ( heads, heading, headed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Head' is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAND — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES gravel/sand/chalk pit sand bar sand dune sand fly COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE coarse …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAND — (SMALL GRAINS) [noun] [U] - (a mass of) very small grains which used to be rock and which form deserts …
Cambridge English vocab
SAND — n. black sand Great Sand Dunes National Monument Sand Creek Massacre sand dollar sand dune sand flea sand fly sand …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SAND — 1. сущ. 1) а) песок; гравий to scatter, spread, sprinkle, strew sand ≈ насыпать песок, посыпать песком coarse sand ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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SAND — sand.ogg 1. sænd n 1. 1> песок, гравий fine coarse, sea sand - тонкий крупный, морской песок a grain of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SAND — 1) песок 2) нефтеносный песок, нефтеносный песчаный пласт 3) песчаный грунт 4) формовочная смесь 5) шлифовать песком 6) зачищать шлифовальной …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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SAND — 1) песок 2) нефтеносный песок, нефтеносный песчаный пласт 3) песчаный грунт 4) формовочная смесь 5) шлифовать песком 6) зачищать шлифовальной шкуркой 7) мн. ч. песчаная отмель • - …
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SAND — 1) пескотруйный 2) песок 3) песочный 4) песчанистый 5) песчаный 6) посыпать песком 7) пригар 8) шкурить • glaze on sand banks — наваривать откос песком glaze on sand bottom …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HEAD — head сущ.1) а) голова to bare one's head — обнажать голову, снимать шапку to bow one's head — наклонять/склонять голову …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SAND — 1. sænd n 1. 1> песок, гравий fine coarse, sea sand - тонкий крупный, морской песок a grain of sand …
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