avestruz

m.

ostrich.

la política/táctica del avestruz burying one's head in the sand

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avestruz

► nombre masculino (pl avestruces)

1 ostrich

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SM

1) (=ave) ostrich

avestruz de la pampa — rhea

2) LAm * (=imbécil) dimwit *, idiot

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masculino ostrich

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= ostrich.

Ex. Sometimes librarians have to explain to enquirers who will almost certainly not believe them that ostriches do not put their heads in the sand, that in Britain at least, doctors do not take the Hippocratic oath, and that both the yeti and Sweeney Todd's baber's shop are fiction.

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* esconder la cabeza como el avestruz = bury + Posesivo + head in the sand (like an ostrich), stick + Posesivo + head in the sand.

* hacer como el avestruz = bury + Posesivo + head in the sand (like an ostrich), stick + Posesivo + head in the sand.

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masculino ostrich

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= ostrich.

Ex: Sometimes librarians have to explain to enquirers who will almost certainly not believe them that ostriches do not put their heads in the sand, that in Britain at least, doctors do not take the Hippocratic oath, and that both the yeti and Sweeney Todd's baber's shop are fiction.

* esconder la cabeza como el avestruz = bury + Posesivo + head in the sand (like an ostrich), stick + Posesivo + head in the sand.

* hacer como el avestruz = bury + Posesivo + head in the sand (like an ostrich), stick + Posesivo + head in the sand.

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avestruz

masculine

ostrich

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avestruz sustantivo masculino
ostrich
avestruz sustantivo masculino ostrich
'avestruz' also found in these entries:
English:
ostrich

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avestruz nm

ostrich;

Comp

la política del avestruz burying one's head in the sand

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avestruz

m ZO ostrich;

del avestruz política, táctica head-in-the-sand atr

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avestruz nm, pl -truces : ostrich

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avestruz n ostrich [pl. ostriches]