HIDE (BURY) ONE`S HEAD IN THE SAND

Meaning of HIDE (BURY) ONE`S HEAD IN THE SAND in English

keep from knowing something dangerous or unpleasant He hates to talk about important matters and hides his head in the sand when I try to talk to him.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

HIDE/BURY ONE`S HEAD IN THE SAND — keep from seeing, knowing or understanding something dangerous or unpleasant, refuse to see or face something His father always buries …
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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 …
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ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
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IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
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HIDE — I. ˈhīd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hyde, from Old English hīgid, hīd; akin to Old English hīwan …
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BURY — I. ˈberē, -ri verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English berien, burien, from Old English byrgan; akin to Old English …
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BURY — (v. t.) To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.
Английский словарь Webster
BURY — (v. t.) To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; …
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BURY — (n.) A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's
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BURY — ( v. t. ) To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BURY — ( v. t. ) To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as …
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BURY — ( n. ) A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's
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SAND — — sandable , adj. — sandless , adj. — sandlike , adj. /sand/ , n. 1. the more or less …
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ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
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HIDE — hide 1 — hidable , adj. — hidability , n. — hider , n. /huyd/ , v. , hid, hidden …
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HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
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BURY — /ber"ee/ , v. , buried, burying , n. , pl. buries . v.t. 1. to put in the ground and …
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SAND — I. ˈsand noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German sant sand, Latin sabulum, Greek psammos …
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ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
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HIDE — I. ˈhīd noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hīgid, hīd Date: before 12th century : any of various old …
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BURY — ˈbər- transitive verb ( bur·ied ; bury·ing ) Etymology: Middle English burien, from Old English byrgan; akin to Old High …
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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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HIDE — noun an abode or dwelling. 2. hide ·noun the human skin; so called in contempt. 3. hide ·vt to …
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BURY — noun a manor house; a castle. 2. bury ·noun a borough; a manor; as, the bury of st. edmond's. 3. …
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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 …
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HIDE — [hide] n [ME, fr. OE higid, hid] (bef. 12c): any of various old English units of land area; esp: a …
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BURY — [bury] vt bur.ied ; bury.ing [ME burien, fr. OE byrgan; akin to OHG bergan to shelter, Russ berech' to spare] …
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HIDE — the pelt taken from a cow, steer, or bull of the bovine species, from the pelt of a horse, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
BURY — town and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, historic county of Lancashire, England. The River Irwell flows through the …
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SAND — sand BrE AmE sænd ▷ sanded ˈsænd ɪd -əd ▷ sanding ˈsænd ɪŋ ▷ sands sændz ▶ ˈ sand ˌ …
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BURY — Bury BrE AmE ˈber i —As a family name, also ˈbjʊər i ‖ ˈbjʊr i ▶ ˌ Bury St ˈ …
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BURY — bury BrE AmE ˈber i (! = berry) ▷ buried ˈber id ▷ buries ˈber iz ▷ burying ˈber i‿ɪŋ
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SAND — / sænd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a substance that consists of very small …
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HIDE — / haɪd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( hid / hɪd; NAmE / hid·den / ˈhɪdn; NAmE /) …
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BURY — / ˈberi; NAmE / verb ( bur·ies , bury·ing , bur·ied , bur·ied ) DEAD PERSON 1. [ vn ] …
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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 …
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BURY — bur ‧ y W3 /ˈberi/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle buried , present participle burying , …
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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 …
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HIDE — n. & v. --n. 1 the skin of an animal, esp. when tanned or dressed. 2 colloq. the human skin …
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HIDE — v. & n. --v. (past hid; past part. hidden or archaic hid) 1 tr. put or keep out of sight …
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HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
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BURY — v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 place (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea. 2 lose …
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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
HIDE — n. & v. n. 1 the skin of an animal, esp. when tanned or dressed. 2 colloq. the human skin …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIDE — v. & n. v. (past hid; past part. hidden or archaic hid) 1 tr. put or keep out of sight …
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HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BURY — v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 place (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea. 2 lose …
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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 …
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HIDE — 1. v. & n. --v. (past hid; past part. hidden or archaic hid) 1. tr. put or keep out of …
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HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
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BURY — v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1. place (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea. 2 lose …
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