sour grapes
/ˌsaʊə ˈɡreɪps/noun
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अंगूर खट्टे हैं (वाली मानसिकता), न मिलने पर चीज़ को बुरा बताना
Core word
noun
- 1
[U] disapproving
the attitude of pretending that something is not important or not worth having because you cannot have it yourself
अंगूर खट्टे हैं (वाली मानसिकता), न मिलने पर चीज़ को बुरा बताना
- He says the job was boring, but that's just sour grapes.
- Her criticism of the winner sounded like sour grapes.
¶Idioms 1
(it's) sour grapes
used to say that somebody is criticising something only because they cannot have it themselves
अंगूर खट्टे हैं, (जो न मिले उसकी बुराई करना)
- He says he never wanted to be captain, but it's sour grapes.
- Calling the result unfair was simply sour grapes.
⌂Word origin and word building
From Aesop's fable in which a fox cannot reach some grapes and then says they are sour anyway.
यह Aesop की उस कथा से आया है जिसमें लोमड़ी अंगूरों तक नहीं पहुँच पाती और फिर कहती है कि अंगूर तो खट्टे हैं।