SOUR GRAPES


Meaning of SOUR GRAPES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun plural ]

Etymology: from the fable ascribed to Aesop of the fox who after finding himself unable to reach some grapes he had desired disparaged them as sour

Date: 1760

: disparagement of something that has proven unattainable

his criticisms are just sour grapes

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.