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"(idiomatic) To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist."
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "採取鴕鳥政策"
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"roman": "cǎiqǔ tuóniǎo zhèngcè",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "采取鸵鸟政策"
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "de kop in het zand steken"
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "pistää päänsä pensaaseen"
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "faire l’autruche"
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "se voiler la face"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "den Kopf in den Sand stecken"
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"roman": "tamán roshó baḥól",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל"
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "homokba dugja a fejét"
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "nascondere la testa sotto la sabbia"
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "fare finta di niente"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "fare come lo struzzo"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nun garigo aung",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "눈 가리고 아웅"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "stikke hodet i sanden"
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"code": "nb",
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"word": "chować głowę w piasek"
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"roman": "prjátatʹ gólovu v pesók",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "пря́тать го́лову в песо́к"
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"roman": "cǎiqǔ tuóniǎo zhèngcè",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "采取鸵鸟政策"
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "de kop in het zand steken"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "pistää päänsä pensaaseen"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "faire l’autruche"
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "se voiler la face"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "den Kopf in den Sand stecken"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "tamán roshó baḥól",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "טָמַן רֹאשׁוֹ בַּחוֹל"
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "homokba dugja a fejét"
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "nascondere la testa sotto la sabbia"
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"word": "fare finta di niente"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "fare come lo struzzo"
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"roman": "nun garigo aung",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "눈 가리고 아웅"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "stikke hodet i sanden"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "strutse"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "chować głowę w piasek"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prjátatʹ gólovu v pesók",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "пря́тать го́лову в песо́к"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deliberately ignore the reality of a situation",
"word": "sticka huvudet i sanden"
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"word": "bury one's head in the sand"
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