bury one's head in the sand
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To deny the recent successes of the Affordable Care Act is to bury one’s head in the sand.
From MSNBC
To deny the validity of the life-style of such a large and increasingly vocal minority group is simply to bury one's head in the sand.
From Time Magazine Archive
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