VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Sour Grapes

Meaning:

Disparagement of something that has proven unattainable

Examples:

  • Sour grapes, this man.
  • There were the usual sour grapes, but nothing too serious.
  • Their philosophy is 'sour grapes' philosophy.
  • That sounds like sour grapes to me.
  • Owt I say was just sour grapes, anything at all that I say.
  • Just sour grapes, I guess.
  • I don't mean to offend you, sir, but it sounds a little like sour grapes. Hey, look, I get paid by the hour... doesn't matter to me.
  • Sour grapes, don't you think?
  • That's your problem. Sour grapes!