Idiom of the day :- Sour grapes

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Bitter comments about something which one wants but cannot have A : That’s a beautiful salmon you’ve caught. It must weigh over five kilos ! Are you going to have it for dinner ? B : Well I was, but when I showed it to Mr. Surly he told me it was diseased and that it would be dangerous to eat. A : Don’t listen to him — it’s just sour grapes. He’s fished in that river for years and he’s never caught anything larger than an old boot ! Aesop, the ancient Greek author wrote one of his many fables about a fox. The fox tries to reach a bunch of delicious grapes which is just out of his reach. After trying for many hours he eventually gives up. As he walks away he says to himself that the grapes are not worth having because they are probably sour. Of course the fox only has this opinion because he cannot have them — his opinion is just sour grapes. Remember that the expression is never used in the singular ( sour grape ).