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by nodata 4573 days ago
Not a good comparison. http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/frogboil.asp
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It's a common idiom with an established meaning. The behaviour of actual frogs is immaterial.
It's wrong: frogs don't do what was described.
Ostriches don't bury their heads in the sand when they sense danger.