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sour grapes

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sour grapes
if you say that something someone says is sour grapes, you mean that they said it because they are jealous. I don't think it's such a great job - and that's not just sour grapes because I didn't get it.


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"No, 'tisn't sour grapes," answered Captain Jim seriously.
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?
 
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