In an old fable by Aesop, a hungry fox noticed a bunch of juicy grapes hanging from a vine. After several failed attempts to reach the grapes, the fox gave up and insisted that he didn't want them anyway because they were probably sour.
Nowadays when somebody expresses sour grapes, it means that they put down something simply because they can't have it.
The phrase is often used incorrectly as another way to express bitterness or resentment.
Nowadays when somebody expresses sour grapes, it means that they put down something simply because they can't have it.
The phrase is often used incorrectly as another way to express bitterness or resentment.
by Deej October 12, 2004
Get the Sour Grapesmug. From 30 Rock:
Jack: Jack Welch has such unparalleled management skills they named Welch's Grape Juice after him, because he squeezes the sweetest juice out of his workers’ mind grapes.
Liz: That doesn’t even make sense.
Jack: No, it doesn’t, does it. I wrote it down in the middle of the night.
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Tracy (to writers): What else is on my mind grapes?
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Tracy (to Kenneth): I got something on my mind grapes I need to talk to you about.
Jack: Jack Welch has such unparalleled management skills they named Welch's Grape Juice after him, because he squeezes the sweetest juice out of his workers’ mind grapes.
Liz: That doesn’t even make sense.
Jack: No, it doesn’t, does it. I wrote it down in the middle of the night.
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Tracy (to writers): What else is on my mind grapes?
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Tracy (to Kenneth): I got something on my mind grapes I need to talk to you about.
by 30 Rock November 6, 2007
Get the mind grapesmug. A drink created by a black stripper shoving a squirt bottle of Deer Park water directly into her pussy and then shooting it back out like a water fountain. The correct way to drink a Grape Spritzer is to get your head in close to the pussy and start lapping, like a dog over a sprinkler.
by Kyle Crawford January 2, 2008
Get the Grape Spritzermug. by Jeff Warburton June 9, 2021
Get the scrote grapesmug. If you push too hard, you might pop ass grapes. Therefore; you should maintain a diet high in fibre.
by cherry_bomb October 30, 2008
Get the ass grapesmug. The hot girl at Planet Fitness that drips her sweat on the tootsie rolls to give them the delicious grape flavor.
by Mark Smithman January 21, 2019
Get the Grape queenmug. by Baiiju Patel October 22, 2006
Get the grape drankmug.