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单词 sour grapes
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sour grapes

If you describe someone's behaviour or opinion as sour grapes, you mean that that person is angry because they have not got or achieved something that they wanted:

I don't think it's such a great job - and that's not just sour grapes because I didn't get it.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Anger and displeasure

  • acrimonious
  • anger
  • animus
  • annoyance
  • bad feeling
  • flap
  • fuss
  • get the hump idiom
  • gorge
  • grit
  • grit your teeth idiom
  • grudge
  • hard feelings idiom
  • irritation
  • rancour
  • resent
  • resentful
  • slow burn
  • spite
  • tantrum

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sour grapesnoun [ U ]

/ˈsɑʊər ˈɡreɪps/

bad behavior that happens because someone else is more successful:

Are his criticisms justified, or is this a case of sour grapes from a less successful artist?
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