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"etymology_text": "From Aesop's fable The Fox and the Grapes, in which a fox, unable to reach grapes it is seeking, convinces itself that they must have been unripe (therefore, sour) all along and so not worth trying for in the first place.",
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "agourída",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "αγουρίδα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ómphax",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ὄμφᾰξ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ḥarṣā́n",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "חַרְצָן"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "boser",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בֹּסֶר"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "khaṭṭe aṅgūr",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "खट्टे अंगूर"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "uva acerba"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "cûr"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "jûr"
},
{
"code": "lzz",
"lang": "Laz",
"roman": "ǩoxa",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "კოხა"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "otročĭnikŭ",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "отрочьникъ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ğure",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "غوره"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "uvas verdes"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "aguride"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "struguri acri"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "struguri verzi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kíslyj vinográd",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ки́слый виногра́д"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "uvas verdes"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "koruk"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "agresta"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"word": "sure rønnebær"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"word": "happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "khaṭṭe aṅgūr",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "खट्टे अंगूर"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"word": "þau eru súr, sagði refurinn"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "silíní searbha"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "makeoshimi",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"word": "負け惜しみ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kiselo e grozjeto",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"word": "кисело е грозјето"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "kwaśne winogrona"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"feminine"
],
"word": "dor de cotovelo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "struguri acri"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zélen vinográd",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зе́лен виногра́д"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "závistʹ",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "за́висть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pritvórnoje ravnodúšije",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "притво́рное равноду́шие"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"word": "surt sa räven"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"word": "cig cas yw cig coch"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Aesop",
"The Fox and the Grapes"
],
"word": "sour grapes"
}
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