the grapes are sour anyway
the grapes are sour anyway
Criticism or disparagement of that which one cannot have or achieve. The phrase originated in one of Aesop's fables, in which a fox that cannot reach some grapes deems them sour and therefore undesirable, rather than admitting that he has failed. He always mocks sports cars as being really impractical, but I think he's just sick with envy. The grapes are sour anyway, if you catch my drift. The senator's remarks about the bill turned vitriolic after her rider was rejected. She seems to be saying that the grapes are sour anyway.
See also: anyway, grape, sour
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- sour grapes
- can't even
- I can't even
- cannot
- cannot but
- (Are) you kidding (me)?
- can't make head or tail of
- can't make head or/nor tail of something
- can't make heads or tails (out) of (someone or something)
- can't make heads or tails of