política de avestruz

Language: es

1.
SpainLatin AmericaGeneral Spanishcolloquialpejorative
- A deliberate strategy of ignoring problems or refusing to acknowledge unpleasant facts; willful avoidance or denial of reality.
2.
General Spanishneutral
- A literal reference to the supposed behavior of an ostrich burying its head, used rarely and mainly to explain the figurative sense.

Examples:

ES: ¡Tú y tu política de avestruz!
EN: I'm so fed up with your escapism.
ES: Su foto podría estar en el diccionario junto a "política de avestruz".
EN: His picture could be in the dictionary next to "ostrich policy."

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