Mr.Rayan
16-11-2010, 12:21 PM
Hello everyone,
I haven't been here for a while, don't worry, I'll make up for it guys. :)
I'm gonna cover almost everything about the idiomsour grapes in this thread, its meaning, its usage and its origin so that you can memorize and remember it more
easily.
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¤¤ MEANING ¤¤
- To act meanly after a disappointment.
- To act meanly when you find out that you can't do something.
¤¤ USAGE¤¤
Here's two sentences where I used the idiom for a better understanding.
-Speaking a foreign language is sour grapes.
When one can't learn a foreign language.
His hatred for the winner is simply sour grapes -
When one can't win.
¤¤ ORIGIN¤¤
It goes back to ancient Greek, the idiom is token from a fable called The Fox and the Grapes and written by Aesop. There was a famished fox who saw some grapes hanging from a vine. She did all the tricks to reach the tree to get some of them but it was no use, so she declared them to be sour instead.
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I hope it's clear and concise.
See ya.:D
I haven't been here for a while, don't worry, I'll make up for it guys. :)
I'm gonna cover almost everything about the idiomsour grapes in this thread, its meaning, its usage and its origin so that you can memorize and remember it more
easily.
====
¤¤ MEANING ¤¤
- To act meanly after a disappointment.
- To act meanly when you find out that you can't do something.
¤¤ USAGE¤¤
Here's two sentences where I used the idiom for a better understanding.
-Speaking a foreign language is sour grapes.
When one can't learn a foreign language.
His hatred for the winner is simply sour grapes -
When one can't win.
¤¤ ORIGIN¤¤
It goes back to ancient Greek, the idiom is token from a fable called The Fox and the Grapes and written by Aesop. There was a famished fox who saw some grapes hanging from a vine. She did all the tricks to reach the tree to get some of them but it was no use, so she declared them to be sour instead.
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I hope it's clear and concise.
See ya.:D