Definition
To deliberately ignore the reality of a situation; to pretend a problem does not exist.
Origins
A reference to the imagined habit of the ostrich burying its head when threatened. See also head in the sand.
In Context
- "Now this doubtness is an unhappy state of affairs to the lover of the steam locomotive, but we cannot, like the proverbial ostrich, bury our heads in the sand and refuse to face facts."