English

Etymology
From the w:Aesop|Aesop's fable w:The Fox and the Grapes|The Fox and the Grapes, in which a fox, unable to reach grapes he is seeking, decides that they must have been sour.

Phrase
sour grapes

1. idiom To put down or express disdain about something that one desires but cannot have.

#: I think his comments about that new car are just sour grapes because he can't afford it.

Translations
trans-top|express disdain
Japanese: 負���� (makeoshimi)
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• 2007-09-08 05:37 - Connel MacKenzie - [[User:Connel MacKenzie/Format|mfmt]], ===Hdr===, {top/mid/bot}->trans

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