Fox and the Grapes

Fox and the Grapes
Fox and the Grapes, The
a ↑fable (=a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson) by ↑Aesop in which a ↑fox tries many times to reach some ↑grapes that are hanging above his head. When he realizes that he will never be able to reach them, he pretends that he never wanted them, saying "They're probably ↑sour (=having an unpleasant acid taste) anyway". This attitude is called sour grapes.

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