SOUR GRAPES

Meaning of SOUR GRAPES in English

feeling negative because you did not win

If she loses, she complains about the referee. It's just sour grapes.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

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 — an attitude in which someone pretends to despise something because they cannot have it themselves. [with allusion to Aesop's fable …
Concise Oxford English vocab
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 — "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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