head-in-the-sand 復習
SNSは若者だけが使っている訳ではありません。使用にあたって注意も必要です。
Survey asks workers about social media friend requests from the boss
Most workers eventually accepted their bosses’ requests but while almost a quarter of responses suggested that the workers were happy to accept their employers’ offers of friendship, the biggest group were those who begrudgingly gave in and accepted. A fair few went for the head-in-the-sand approach and ignored it, but only a small number were brave enough to outright refuse.
今回はhead-in-the-sandをとりあげます。『ジーニアス英和辞典』（第五版，大修館）を引いたところ、「現実を直視しない」と載っておりました。またOxford Dictionary of English(Second Edition Reserved, Oxford University Press)には、bury/hide your head in the sandの形で"to refuse to admit that problem exists or refuse to deal with it"と定義されておりました。
語源が気になり調べたところ、ダチョウの習性から来ているという説がありました。(https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/80800.html)(Gomez)
