sour grapes

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Sour-grapes shop owners have an axe to grind, and all because their delivery drivers have to circle the block a couple times now.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2010

Sour-grapes reason given by Hamilton's competitors: with the amount of traffic which General Motors can dangle before the railroads, it could sell them dog sleds.

From Time Magazine Archive