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sour grapesMain 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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