lunes, 13 de abril de 2015

Sour grapes

 a. Something that one cannot have and so disparages as if it were never desirable.

b. If you say that something someone says is sour grapes, you mean that they said it because they are jealous 

c. Something you say when someone pretends not to be jealous

Examples:

I don't think it's such a great job - and that's not just sour grapes because I didn't get it.

Are his criticisms justified, or is this a case of sour grapes from a less successful artist?

A boy fancied a girl,but another boy took her.He pretended not to care,but his friends said 'sour grapes



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