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 Definitions of sour grapes  [ˈsaʊərˌdoʊ, ˈsaʊ ər-]  

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Definition of 'sour grapes' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) sour grapes
pretended disdain for something one does not or cannot have.

Etymology:  (1750–60; in allusion to Aesop's fable concerning the fox who dismissed as sour those grapes he could not reach)

Definition of 'sour grapes' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) sour grapes
disparagement of something that is unattainable


Translation of 'sour grapes' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: saying or pretending that something is not worth having because one cannot obtain it.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: suurdruiwe Arabic flag Arabic: حِصْرم، مايَشْتَهيه المرء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: горчив плод
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desdenhar Czech flag Czech: kyselé hrozny German flag German: saure Trauben
Danish flag Danish: sure rønnebær Greek flag Greek: όσα δε φτάνει η αλεπού τα Spanish flag Spanish: están verdes, pura envidi
Estonian flag Estonian: hapud viinamarjad Farsi flag Farsi: تحقیر یا رد چیزی که برای Finnish flag Finnish: Happamia, sanoi kettu pih
French flag French: ils sont trop verts! Hebrew flag Hebrew: חִיפּוּש תֵּירוּצִים Hindi flag Hindi: अंगूर खटृटे होना
Croatian flag Croatian: kiselo grožđe Hungarian flag Hungarian: savanyú a szőlő Indonesian flag Indonesian: menjelek-jelekkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vera súr yfir e-u; öfund Italian flag Italian: (l'uvaè acerba!) Japanese flag Japanese: 負け惜しみ
Korean flag Korean: 지기 싫어하기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vynuogės žalios Latvian flag Latvian: izlikšanās; acu aizmālēša
Malay flag Malay: memburuk-burukkan sesuatu Dutch flag Dutch: de druiven zijn zuur Norwegian flag Norwegian: (høyt henger de) og sure
Polish flag Polish: zawiść Persian flag Persian: تحقیر یا رد چیزی که برای Pashto flag Pashto: تحقير.كوچني كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: uvas amargas Romanian flag Romanian: strugurii sunt acri, spun Russian flag Russian: зелен виноград
Slovak flag Slovak: plané reči Slovenian flag Slovenian: kislo grozdje Serbian flag Serbian: kiselo grožđe
Swedish flag Swedish: surt, sa räven Thai flag Thai: พวกทำไม่สนใจสิ่งที่ตนไม่ม Turkish flag Turkish: erişemediği üzüme koruk d
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 酸葡萄心理 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бачить око, та зуб не йме Urdu flag Urdu: کوئی چیز حاصل نہ ہونے پر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: (thành ngữ) đánh chẳng đư Chinese flag Chinese: 酸葡萄(指把得不到的东西说成是不好的)

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