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Derision of the unattainable
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sour grapes
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Wikipedia
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Sour Grapes: a book of poems is an early work by William Carlos Williams . Published in 1921 , the collection includes poems such as "A Widow's Lament in Springtime", "The Great Figure", "Complaint", and "Queen-Ann's-Lace". Williams was still struggling ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grape \Grape\, n. [OF. grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes, F. grappe, akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo hook, G. krapfen, akin to E. cramp. The sense seems to have come from the idea of clutching. Cf. Agraffe , Cramp , Grapnel , Grapple ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. disparagement of something that is unattainable
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context idiomatic English) Things that somebody pretends to despise because he/she cannot possess them. 2 (context idiomatic English) A put down or express of disdain about something that one desires but cannot have.
Usage examples of sour grapes.
The sour grapes of a guy who hasn't gotten out of his chair for four hundred years.