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sour grapes


Main Entry: sour grapes
Function: noun plural
Etymology: from the fable ascribed to Aesop of the fox who after finding himself unable to reach some grapes he had desired disparaged them as sour
Date: 1760

: disparagement of something that has proven unattainable <his criticisms are just sour grapes>




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