sour grapes

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From the Aesop's fable The Fox and the Grapes, in which a fox, unable to reach grapes he is seeking, decides that they must have been sour.

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sour grapes (plural sour grapess)

1. (idiomatic) A putting down or expression of disdain about something that one desires but cannot have.

   I think his comments about that new car are just sour grapes because he can't afford it.

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