sour grapes

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sour grapes

Fig. something that one cannot have and so disparages as if it were never desirable. of course you want to buy this expensive jacket. Criticizing it is just sour grapes, but you still really want it.

See also: grape, sour

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"No, 'tisn't sour grapes," answered Captain Jim seriously. Anne's House of Dreams by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context What mean ye by saying that the poor ye have always with you, or that the fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context			sorry to hear that sorry to say sorry you asked sorry you asked? sort sort of sort oneself out sort out soul sound sound as a bell sound as a dollar sound as if sound asleep sound like a broken record sound off sound out sound the death knell sound the death knell for soup soup up Soup's on! souped up sour sour as vinegar sour grapes south sow sow the seeds sow the seeds of sow the wind and reap the whirlwind sow wild oats space space out spaced spade spade up spanking new spar with spare spare no effort to spare no expense spare the rod and spoil the child spare tire spark spark off sparkle with sparks fly spatter spatter around spatter on			Sour (cocktail) sour -tempered Sour apple sour as vinegar Sour Bachelor Sour bond Sour Bonds sour bread Sour cabbage sour cherries sour cherries sour cherries sour cherry sour cherry sour cherry sour cherry tree sour corrosion sour cream sour crop sour crude sour dirt sour dock sour dock Sour dough sour fig Sour gas Sour Gas Development Plan Sour Gas Injection sour gourd sour grapes Sour Grapes in Excess sour grass sour grass sour grasses sour gum sour gum Sour Kraut sour mash sour mash whiskey Sour milk sour orange sour orange sour orange Sour Patch Kids Sour plum sour salt sour salt sour side Sour sob Sour sop Sour Trefoil Sour Trefoil Sour Trefoil Sour tupelo Sour water Sour Water And Gas Sour Water Service Sour Water Stripper Sour Water System sour-faced

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