head in Idiom

head in the clouds

dreaming, wondering, not practical Shelly is a daydreamer. She's got her head in the clouds.

head in the sand

unable to see, unwilling to look The minister hasn't noticed their poverty. His head is in the sand.

have one's head in the clouds

Idiom(s): have one's head in the clouds

Theme: AWARENESS - LACKING

to be unaware of what is going on.
• "Bob, do you have your head in the clouds?" said the teacher.
• She walks around all day with her head in the clouds. She must be in love.

bury one's head in the sand

Idiom(s): bury one's head in the sand AND hide one's head in the sand

Theme: WITHDRAW

to ignore or hide from obvious signs of danger. (Refers to an ostrich, which we picture with its head stuck into the sand or the ground.)
• Stop burying your head in the sand. Look at the statistics on smoking and cancer.
• And stop hiding your head in the sand. All of us will die somehow, whether we smoke or not.

hide one's head in the sand

Bury your head in the sand

If someone buries their head in the sand, they ignore something that is obviously wrong.

have your head in the clouds

dream: "He's always got his head in the clouds - he makes all these impossible plans."

hide one's head in the sand|bury|bury one's head i

To keep from seeing, knowing, or understanding something dangerous or unpleasant; to refuse to see or face something. If there is a war, you cannot just bury your head in the sand.

tell one where to get off|get off|head in|tell|tel

v. phr., informal To talk angrily to; speak to or answer with rough language; scold. Bob told Ted to get out of his way. Ted told Bob where to get off. Mary laughed at Barbara's hairdo. Barbara told Mary where to head in.
Compare: TELL A THING OR TWO, TELL OFF.

have one's head in the sand

have one's head in the sand
see hide one's head in the sand.

head in the clouds, have one's

head in the clouds, have one's
Be absentminded or impractical, as in She must have had her head in the clouds when she made the reservations, because they never heard of us, or He'll never be able to run the business—he's always got his head in the clouds. This idiom uses in the clouds in the sense of “fanciful” or “unreal,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

head in

1. To adapt to access some abode or thing. I'm activity to arch in now—it's gotten absolutely arctic out here. Lunch is about over, so why don't we arch in?2. To alpha affective the advanced end or allotment of article into some affair or place. If you arch in carefully, I don't anticipate you'll hit the cars on either ancillary of the parking space.Learn more: head

head in (to something)

to move into article arch or advanced end first. Head into that parking amplitude slowly. It is absolutely narrow. I angry the baiter against bank and headed in.Learn more: head

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