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Meanings of sour grapes in английском

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Usage of sour grapes in английском
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The father's sour grapes had not set these children's teeth on edge.
Girlhood and Womanhood / The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortu...
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He put the complaint down to sour grapes by losing candidates.
Reuters
3
No biggie, no, no, no, no, no hard feelings, no sour grapes whatsoever.
Love All The People
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Morris won, and two of the failed bidders have sour grapes.
Private Sector
5
I don't reckon he cares sour grapes for the law-aslaw.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
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Who's going to believe she isn't just indulging in sour grapes?
Wild Justice
7
Watching her smile, he thought: 'That's not sour grapes-Whatis the trouble, then?'
Beyond
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No sour grapes, but I would appreciate if you could set the record straight!
The Irish Times
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With her it was indeed the sourest of sour grapes.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward
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And here again we see the fox and sour grapes.
Henry Ossian Flipper, the Colored Cadet at West Point / Autobiog...
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She thought of sour grapes, and of the fox who had lost his tail.
New Grub Street
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And then the Minister was accused of being motivated by " sour grapes".
The Irish Times
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Trump dismisses such assertions as sour grapes about his victory.
Reuters
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The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Familiar Quotations
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He denied his criticisms of the party were motivated by " sour grapes".
The Irish Times
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If 'fathers WILL eat sour grapes, the children's teeth MUST be set on edge.'
At the Mercy of Tiberius
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Sour grapes through the time
Sour grapes across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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