Bury your head in the sand
Bury our heads in the sand is a phrase and means something like: do not see an imminent danger , their eyes to unpleasant realities close or certain facts simply do not want to acknowledge or do not see an imminent physical or mental unpleasant work, so smooth to ignore.
history
Already in ancient times it was wrongly said that the ostrich would stick its head under its wings or in the sand in order to avoid it. This persistent rumor goes back to the fact that when ostriches pick up something from the ground in their natural environment, their head cannot be seen through a mirage, disappears entirely behind the low grass, or that they lie flat on it in dangerous situations Laying a nest to camouflage it. From a certain distance, this looks like the ostrich is sticking its head in the sand.
use
Expressions such as ostrich policy , ostrich policy or ostrich tactic , which want to express the same thing , are also derived from this . The ostrich algorithm also gets its name from this idiom.
Trivia
In the movie Traumschiff Surprise by Michael Herbig (Premiere 2004) speaks Anja Kling in her role as Queen Metapha the twisted phrase "We can not be so easy to sand in his head stuck". Lothar Matthäus uttered this "reverse" version of the sentence: "We just mustn't put the sand in the head now!", Probably unwillingly.
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.sand-abc.de ( Memento of the original dated May 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (no longer available)
- ↑ Lothar Matthäus becomes TV presenter: Don't put the sand in your head! , Berliner Zeitung , May 4, 2006, accessed March 18, 2013.
