sour grapes | Idiomator

Meaning: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seesour,‎grapes.; (idiomatic)Things that somebody pretends todespisebecause they cannot obtain or have them.; (idiomatic)Aputting downorexpressionofdisdainabout something that one desires but cannot have.I think his comments about that new car are justsour grapesbecause he can't afford it.2010,Naomi Oreskes,Erik M. Conway, chapter 2, inMerchants of Doubt:Despite the egos of individual scientists, the jealousies and thesour grapes, science had worked pretty much the way it was supposed to.2018May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, inThe Guardian(London)‎[1]:His absence was a grievous setback for Liverpool, who had looked the more dangerous team until that point, and it would not besour grapesfor the losers to think that was the moment the game started to swing away from them.

Examples:

EN: Now, throw away those sour grapes.
ES: No seas envidioso.
EN: - No sour grapes
ES: - No lo haga de mala gana.
EN: Why sour grapes?
ES: ¿De mala gana? ¿Por qué?
EN: In that time I've bumped into a lot of sour grapes... but really you take the cake.
ES: Y me he topado con mucha gente amargada, pero Ud. se lleva la palma.
EN: Are you sure those aren't sour grapes, Inspector?
ES: ¿Seguro que no es despecho, lnspector?
EN: That's standard sour grapes and you know it.
ES: - Eso es envidia y tú lo sabes.
EN: You know the story about the fox and sour grapes?
ES: ¿Conoces la fábula del zorro y las uvas?
EN: - No sour grapes now.
ES: - Nada de envidias.
EN: It's sour grapes
ES: Es pura envidia.
EN: Well, because it will be seen as sour grapes on my part.
ES: Bueno, porque sería visto como uvas agrias de mi parte
EN: Sort of sour grapes.
ES: Deja de ser tan duro.
EN: -Is it sour grapes?
ES: - ¿Está borracho?
EN: Yes, parents bit on sour grapes and the children ground their teeth.
ES: Los padres cometen errores y los niños sufren las consecuencias.
EN: That's no sour grapes.
ES: Esa no es otra cosa que uvas agrias.
EN: Luckily they were sour grapes.
ES: - Total, estaba verde.

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