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sour grapes
sour grapespl.n. Denial of the desirability of something after one has found out that it cannot be reached or acquired: The losers' scorn for the award is pure sour grapes.sour grapes n (functioning as singular) the attitude of affecting to despise something because one cannot or does not have it oneself [from a fable by Aesop]sour′ grapes′
n. pretended disdain for something one does not or cannot have. [1750–60; in allusion to Aesop's fable concerning the fox who dismissed as sour those grapes he could not reach] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  sour grapes - disparagement of something that is unattainablederogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something |
Translationsgrape (greip) noun a green or black smooth-skinned eatable berry from which wine is made. 葡萄 葡萄ˈgrapevine noun1. an informal means of passing news from person to person. I hear through the grapevine that he is leaving. 傳聞 小道新闻2. a vine. 葡萄藤 葡萄藤sour grapes saying or pretending that something is not worth having because one cannot obtain it. 酸葡萄心理 酸葡萄（指把得不到的东西说成是不好的） sour grapes
sour grapesCriticism or disparagement of that which one cannot have. The phrase originated in one of Aesop's fables, in which a fox that cannot reach some grapes deems them sour and therefore undesirable. He always mocks sports cars as being really impractical, but it's just sour grapes, if you ask me.See also: grape, soursour grapesFig. something that one cannot have and so disparages as if it were never desirable. of course you want to buy this expensive jacket. Criticizing it is just sour grapes, but you still really want it.See also: grape, soursour grapesDisparaging what one cannot obtain, as in The losers' scorn for the award is pure sour grapes. This expression alludes to the Greek writer Aesop's famous fable about a fox that cannot reach some grapes on a high vine and announces that they are sour. In English the fable was first recorded in William Caxton's 1484 translation, "The fox said these raisins be sour." See also: grape, soursour grapes COMMON If you describe someone's attitude as sour grapes, you mean that they are jealous of another person's success and show this jealousy by criticizing that person. These accusations have been going on for some time now, but it is just sour grapes. The government says that Mr Fedorov's criticisms are mere sour grapes. Note: In one of Aesop's fables (= traditional stories, usually with a moral), a fox tries several times unsuccessfully to reach a bunch of delicious-looking grapes. In the end he gives up, telling himself that they are probably sour and inedible anyway. See also: grape, soursour grapes an attitude in which someone disparages or pretends to despise something because they cannot have it themselves. In Aesop's fable The Fox and the Grapes, the fox, unable to reach the tempting bunch of grapes, comforts himself with the thought that they were probably sour anyway. 1998 New Scientist At 66, I can be acquitted of any sour grapes, but I feel sorry for younger MPs…[who] have all been passed over. See also: grape, soursour ˈgrapes (saying) used to describe the behaviour of somebody who pretends that something they cannot have is of little value or interest: When she failed the entrance exam, she started saying that she never wanted to go to college anyway, but I think that’s just sour grapes.This idiom comes from one of Aesop’s fables. A fox cannot reach some grapes so he decides that they are not ready to eat.See also: grape, soursour grapesDisparaging what one cannot but would like to have. This term comes from the punch line of one of Aesop’s most famous fables, delivered by the fox when she finds she cannot reach some grapes on a very high vine. It has been used ever since to describe putting down what one can’t attain.See also: grape, sourEncyclopediaSeegrapeFinancialSeeGrapesour grapes
Words related to sour grapesnoun disparagement of something that is unattainableRelated Words- derogation
- disparagement
- depreciation
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