sour grapes

sour grapes

pl.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.

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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]

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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]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sour grapes - disparagement of something that is unattainable depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something

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Translations

kyselé hrozny

pihlajanmarja

savanyú a szõlõ

vera súr yfir e-u; öfund

høyt henger de og sure er deog sure er de

erişemediği üzüme koruk deme

指把得不到的东西说成是不好的

grape

(greip) noun

a green or black smooth-skinned eatable berry from which wine is made. druif, druiwekorrel عِنَب захар на пясък uva zrnko vína die Weintraube drue σταφύλιuva viinamari انگور viinirypäle raisinענב अंगूर grozd szőlő anggur vínber uva ぶどう 포도 vynuogė vīnoga anggur druifdruewinogrono تورانګور، مېوه uva strugure виноград bobuľa hrozna grozdje grožđe vindruva องุ่น üzüm 葡萄 виноград انگور quả nho 葡萄

ˈgrapevine noun

1. an informal means of passing news from person to person. I hear through the grapevine that he is leaving. riemtelegram وَسيلَه لِترويج الإشاعات слух vias informais šeptanda das Gerücht jungletrommer ράδιο αρβύλα rumor konfidentsiaalsed allikad شایعه puskaradio rumeur publique רֶשֶׁת הַעֲבָרַת שְׁמוּעוֹת अपुष्ट समाचार glasine, tajno prenošenje vijesti szájról szájra terjedő hír desas-desus lausafregnir, slúðursaga diceria 口コミ 소문, 유언비어 neoficialus kanalas neoficiāli kanāli khabar-khabar angin geruchtenjungeltelegraf nieoficjalny kanał شاعيه . اوازه vias informais zvon молва šuškanda govorice vinova loza djungeltelegraf ข่าวลือ söylenti, dedikodu 傳聞 нашіптування غیر سرکاری ذرائع سے پھیلنے والی خبر tin đồn 小道新闻

2. a vine. wingerdstok كَرْمَه лоза videira vinná réva der Weinstock vinranke; vinstok κληματαριάvid, parra viinapuu درخت مو viiniköynnös vigneגפן अंगूर लता trs, loza szőlőtő(ke) tanaman anggur vínviður vite ぶどうのつる 포도 덩굴 vynuogienojas vīnogulājs pokok anggur wijnstok vinranke/-stokk winorośl دانګورو تاك دميلوې تاك، كور، ځيلۍ:تاك لرونكى بوټى، ځيلۍ وال نباتات videira viţă-de-vie виноградная лоза vínna réva vino loza vinranka ต้นองุ่น asma 葡萄藤 виноградна лоза کوئی بیل cây nho 葡萄藤

sour grapes

saying or pretending that something is not worth having because one cannot obtain it. suurdruiwe حِصْرم، مايَشْتَهيه المرء ولا يَحْصَل عليْه горчив плод desdenhar kyselé hrozny saure Trauben sure rønnebær όσα δε φτάνει η αλεπού τα κάνει κρεμαστάρια están verdes, pura envidia hapud viinamarjad تحقیر یا رد چیزی که برای انسان میسر نیست Happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista. ils sont trop verts! חִיפּוּש תֵּירוּצִים अंगूर खटृटे होना kiselo grožđe savanyú a szőlő menjelek-jelekkan vera súr yfir e-u; öfund (l'uva è acerba!) 負け惜しみ 지기 싫어하기 vynuogės žalios izlikšanās; acu aizmālēšana memburuk-burukkan sesuatu kerana seseorang itu gagal memperolehnya de druiven zijn zuur og sure er dezawiść تحقير.كوچني كول uvas amargas strugurii sunt acri, spune vulpea când nu ajunge la ei зелен виноград plané reči kislo grozdje kiselo grožđe surt, sa räven พวกทำไม่สนใจสิ่งที่ตนไม่มีและที่จริงอยากมีสิ่งนั้น erişemediği üzüme koruk deme 酸葡萄心理 бачить око, та зуб не йме کوئی چیز حاصل نہ ہونے پر اس کی برائی کرنا (thành ngữ) đánh chẳng được, tha làm phúc 酸葡萄（指把得不到的东西说成是不好的）

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