See sour grapes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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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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"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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},
"expansion": "sour grapes pl (plural only)",
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "accismus"
},
{
"word": "verjuice"
},
{
"word": "backward rationalization"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sour, grapes."
],
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[
"sour",
"sour#English"
],
[
"grapes",
"grapes#English"
]
],
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"plural",
"plural-only"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms"
],
"glosses": [
"Things that somebody pretends to despise because they cannot obtain or have them."
],
"links": [
[
"despise",
"despise"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) Things that somebody pretends to despise because they cannot obtain or have them."
],
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"idiomatic",
"plural",
"plural-only"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I think his comments about that new car are just sour grapes because he can't afford it.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 2, in Merchants of Doubt:",
"text": "Despite the egos of individual scientists, the jealousies and the sour grapes, science had worked pretty much the way it was supposed to.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):",
"text": "His absence was a grievous setback for Liverpool, who had looked the more dangerous team until that point, and it would not be sour grapes for the losers to think that was the moment the game started to swing away from them.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A putting down or expression of disdain about something that one desires but cannot have."
],
"links": [
[
"putting down",
"put down"
],
[
"expression",
"express"
],
[
"disdain",
"disdain"
]
],
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"(idiomatic) A putting down or expression of disdain about something that one desires but cannot have."
],
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"idiomatic",
"plural",
"plural-only"
]
}
],
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"audio": "En-au-sour grapes.ogg",
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"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gresë"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥiṣrim",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حِصْرِم"
},
{
"alt": "*busrā",
"code": "syc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"Classical-Syriac"
],
"word": "ܒܣܪܐ"
},
{
"code": "arc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"raw_tags": [
"Jewish Babylonian Aramaic"
],
"roman": "busrā",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "בֻּסְרָא"
},
{
"code": "arc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"raw_tags": [
"Jewish Babylonian Aramaic"
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"roman": "busrā",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "בּוּסְרָא"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "azox",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "ազոխ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "žuṙ",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "ժուռ"
},
{
"code": "axm",
"lang": "Middle Armenian",
"roman": "azox",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "ազոխ"
},
{
"code": "axm",
"lang": "Middle Armenian",
"roman": "žuṙ",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "ժուռ"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "xak xałoł",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "խակ խաղող"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "azox",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"word": "ազոխ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "agrassos"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "raa’at viinirypäleet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saure Traube"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "unreife Traube"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "particularly those of late season",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "acid grapes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Herling"
},
{
"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": "Venetan",
"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": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "expression of disdain for something one cannot have",
"word": "chùm nho còn xanh"
},
{
"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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