SOUR GRAPES

Meaning of SOUR GRAPES in English

an attitude in which someone pretends to despise something because they cannot have it themselves. [with allusion to Aesop's fable The Fox and the Grapes .]

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SOUR GRAPES — noun plural Etymology: from the fable ascribed to Aesop of the fox who after finding himself unable to reach some …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SOUR GRAPES — noun plural Etymology: so called from the fable ascribed to Aesop, legendary 6th century B.C. Greek author of fables, about …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOUR GRAPES — pretended disdain for something one does not or cannot have: She said that she and her husband didn't want to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOUR GRAPES — grapes that are not yet ripe; pretense of disinterest or contempt toward an item that cannot be obtained (from Aesop's …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOUR GRAPES — Etymology: from the fable ascribed to Aesop of the fox who after finding himself unable to reach some grapes he …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOUR GRAPES — Function: noun plural Etymology: from the fable ascribed to Aesop of the fox who after finding himself unable to reach …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SOUR GRAPES — [sour grapes] n pl [fr. the fable ascribed to Aesop of the fox who after finding himself unable to reach …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOUR GRAPES — ( saying ) used to show that you think sb is jealous and is pretending that sth is not important …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOUR GRAPES — Synonyms and related words : acid, acidulant, belittling, bread-and-butter pickle, chokecherry, comedown, contempt, crab apple, decrial, depreciation, derogation, detraction, dill …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOUR GRAPES — See ↑ JEALOUS 2
Longman Activator English vocab
SOUR GRAPES — feeling negative because you did not win If she loses, she complains about the referee. It's just sour grapes.
English Idioms vocab
SOUR GRAPES — feeling negative because you did not win If she loses, she complains about the referee. It's just sour grapes.
English Idioms vocabulary
SOUR GRAPES — "зелен виноград", притворное пренебрежение к чему-либо недоступному - they said they didn't want to join the club anyway, but is …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOUR GRAPES — «зелен виноград», притворное пренебрежение к чему-л. недоступному they said they didn't want to join the club anyway, but it was …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOUR GRAPES — «зелен виноград», притворное пренебрежение к чему-л. недоступному they said they didn't want to join the club anyway, but it was …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SOUR GRAPES — «зелен виноград», притворное пренебрежение к чему-л. недоступному they said they didn't want to join the club anyway, but it was …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SOUR GRAPES — "зелен виноград", притворное пренебрежение к чему-либо недоступному - they said they didn't want to join the club anyway, but is …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOUR — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a musty/stale/sour smell (= old and not fresh ) ▪ The clothes in the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOUR — I. ˈsau̇(ə)r, ˈsau̇ə, esp in the South ˈsau̇wə(r adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sūr; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOUR — (v. t.) To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air …
Английский словарь Webster
SOUR — (superl.) Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
Английский словарь Webster
SOUR — (superl.) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
Английский словарь Webster
SOUR — ( v. t. ) To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOUR — ( v. i. ) To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOUR — ( superl. ) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOUR — ( superl. ) Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOUR — — sourish , adj. — sourly , adv. — sourness , n. /soweur, sow"euhr/ , adj., sourer, sourest , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOUR — v. cause to turn sour; make bitter, disillusion; become sour; become disillusioned and resentful
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GRAPES — adj. of dark purple color
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOUR — I. ˈsau̇(-ə)r adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sūr; akin to Old High German sūr sour, Lithuanian sūrus salty …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOUR — superl afflictive; painful. 2. sour ·vt to make cold and unproductive, as soil. 3. sour ·vt to make unhappy, uneasy, …
Webster English vocab
SOUR — [sour] adj [ME, fr. OE sur; akin to OHG sur sour, Lith surus salty] (bef. 12c) 1: causing or characterized …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOUR — sour BrE AmE ˈsa ʊ ‿ə AmE ˈsaʊ‿ ə r ▷ soured ˈsa ʊ ‿əd AmE ˈsaʊ‿ ə rd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOUR — / ˈsaʊə(r); NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective 1. having a taste like that of a lemon or of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOUR — I. sour 1 /saʊə $ saʊr/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sur ] 1 . having …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOUR — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar, esp. because of unripeness (sour apples). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOUR — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar, esp. because of unripeness (sour apples). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOUR — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar, esp. because of unripeness (sour apples). …
Oxford English vocab
SOUR — ( sours, souring, soured) 1. Something that is sour has a sharp, unpleasant taste like the taste of a lemon. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOUR — Synonyms and related words : abrupt, absonant, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acerbity, acescency, acescent, acetify, acid, acidic, acidify, acidity, acidulant, acidulate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRAPES — Noun. Haemorrhoids.
Slang English vocab
SOUR — I. noun Sour is used after these nouns: ↑ whisky II. verb Sour is used with these nouns as the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GRAPES — • ↑ sour grapes
Longman Activator English vocab
SOUR — n. 25B6; adjective sour wine : ACID, acidic, acidy, acidulated, tart, bitter, sharp, vinegary, pungent; N. Amer. acerb; technical acerbic. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GRAPES — A Modula -like system description language. E-mail: peter@cadlab.cadlab.de . ["GRAPES Language Description. Syntax, Semantics and Grammar of GRAPES-86", Siemens Nixdorf …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
GRAPES — n. 1) to pick ~ 2) to press ~ 3) seedless; sweet ~ 4) a bunch of ~ 5) ( …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SOUR — adj. 1 acid, acidic, tart, vinegary, lemony, acidulous or acidulent, acidulated, acescent, acerbic This apple has a pleasant, slightly sour …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GRAPES — gasper sparge
Anagrams English vocabulary
SOUR — 1. прил. 1) кислый; кисловатый Syn : acid 2., acidulous, tart I Ant : savoury, bland, kind, sweet, 2) прокисший …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRAPES — Винограды
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRAPES — Виноград
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SOUR — sour.ogg 1. ʹsaʋə n 1. кислятина 2. кислый раствор ( при отбеливании, дублении ) 3. амер. «сауэр», лимонный коктейль to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRAPES — (виноград) геморроидальные узлы (мед. сленг)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SOUR — 1. ʹsaʋə n 1. кислятина 2. кислый раствор ( при отбеливании, дублении ) 3. амер. «сауэр», лимонный коктейль to take …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GRAPES — adj. виноградный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GRAPES — adj. виноградный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SOUR — 1. прил. 1) кислый, кисловатый ( имеющий кислый вкус, как, напр., уксус, лимон, незрелая слив и т. п. ) sour …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SOUR — 1. прил. 1) кислый, кисловатый (имеющий кислый вкус, как, напр., уксус, лимон, незрелая слив и т. п.) sour grapes — зеленый (кислый) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
GRAPES — Виноград
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
GRAPES — n pl AmE infml These grapes are great — Какое превосходное вино
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
GRAPES — n pl AmE infml These grapes are great — Какое превосходное вино
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
GRAPES — grapes n pl AmE infml These grapes are great Какое превосходное вино
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
GRAPES — These grapes are great — Какое превосходное вино
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SOUR — 1. прил. 1) кислый; кисловатый Syn : acid 2., acidulous, tart I Ant : savoury, bland, kind, sweet, 2) прокисший …
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