When to Use This Idiom
Use 掩耳盗铃 when someone:
- Ignores obvious problems hoping others won't notice
- Deceives themselves about a situation
- Thinks hiding something from themselves hides it from everyone
Example Sentences
不交作业还说老师不会发现，这是掩耳盗铃。
Bù jiāo zuòyè hái shuō lǎoshī bù huì fāxiàn, zhè shì yǎn ěr dào líng.
Not submitting homework and thinking the teacher won't notice—that's self-deception.
这种掩耳盗铃的做法早晚会被发现的。
Zhè zhǒng yǎn ěr dào líng de zuòfǎ zǎowǎn huì bèi fāxiàn de.
This kind of self-deception will be found out sooner or later.