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And they either get a case of sour grapes or they get on the train.
He attributes the moniker to sour grapes and professional jealousy.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio Slammed in Federal Civil Rights Probe Report | Terry Greene Sterling | December 16, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTsour grapes have led the once-visionary musician to become embittered.
I reckon, I've heerd my mother read out a text, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes and th' children's teeth are set on edge."
North and South | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellThe sour grapes of Champagne spread dysentery in the Prussian army.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThe vintage of 1427 had been bad, that of the following year was poor and weak—more like sour grapes than wine.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole FranceOur ancestors have eaten sour grapes, and their childrens' teeth are set on edge.
She thought of sour grapes, and of the fox who had lost his tail.
New Grub Street | George Gissing
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