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Sour grapes?
The Nelson Mail; Nov 5, 2007; 321 Words ...I was, however, saddened to read that there was one sour grape. Gail Collingwood has done a great job to date representing...Nelson Mail, October 31). Maybe if she wishes to be a sour grape it might be time for her to honourably fall off the bunch...
Pool attack just a 'sour grape whinge'.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England); May 26, 2006; 652 Words ...Mckay An MP and Labour councillors were accused of "sour grape whingeing" and "political filibustering" following...but former council leader Sue Pitts accused them of "sour grape whingeing," adding that the design was "very good...
Drilon twits Tatad, calls him a 'sour grape'
Filipino Reporter; Jul 3, 2003; 312 Words ...Monday assailed former Sen. Francisco "Kit" Tatad for "sour-graping," after Tatad described the Senate as a...reminds me of the Aesop fable about the fox who deemed sour the grapes that were not within his reach," Drilon said. Drilon...
SOUR GRAPE YACHT ROW.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); Feb 28, 2000; 348 Words ...the extent that has been reported, then it is very sad indeed." Britannia director Bob Downie said: "Edinburgh gets around 13 million visitors a year. Manchester would be lucky if it got two or three. This is very much sour grapes."
Barnwell still a sour grape; Saturday Sign -off.(Sport)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); Sep 8, 2001; 700+ Words ...things with the talent at his disposal. I'll just leave it to Barnwell to finish off his extremely large bowl of sour grapes. THE "Goodwill Games" it was called, but the spectators showed anything but as a field of top class athletes casually...
`Pork' and Sour Grapes
The Washington Post; Sep 12, 1999; 419 Words I cannot help wondering if Robert L. Park has a sour grape or two stuck in his craw {"Science's Unhealthy `Pork,' " letters, Sept. 7}. The reason it is undesirable to concentrate...
Fancy a sour grape?
The Scotsman; Mar 13, 2002; ; 700+ Words ...damp white bread." Delia Smith wouldn't tell you this but I will: damp white bread is best served with extra-sour grapes. Travis Trauma, or tadger envy, is a very bad thing - stop it, or you'll go blind. But where did it come from...
KICKBOXING: Pele in shape to fight over sour French grapes; Ged Scott a gentle giant with a point to prove before his hometown fans.(Sport)
The Birmingham Post (England); Apr 24, 2004; 655 Words ...kickboxing in one mouth-watering all-action discipline, Reid admits to being 'hacked off' with what he calls 'true sour grape' comments from the Frenchman, which have suggested that the Brummie fighter has unfairly been given lucrative and prestigious...
sour grapes
The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style; ; 431 Words sour grapes is one of the most commonly misused idiomatic...who wanted the grapes he could not reach, sour grapes denotes the human tendency to disparage...sorts of puerile ways. That's a case of sour grapes. But the traditional and correct...
`Sour Grapes' says it all
Chicago Sun-Times; Apr 17, 1998; ; 700+ Words SOUR GRAPES Zero stars Evan Steven Weber Richie Craig...humor). Opening today at local theaters. `Sour Grapes" is a comedy about things that aren...Larry David, who wrote and directed "Sour Grapes," apparently thinks people are amused...
Sour grapes in high school bowling
Post-Tribune (IN); Mar 17, 2004; ; 700+ Words ...PRINTED VERSION Steve Gorches(PHOTO) Sour grapes. That's the phrase best used to...opposite. It's all about two words. Sour grapes. After Saturday's regional...complained because of a delay. Sour grapes. Tucker's decisions aren...
`SOUR GRAPES' A MAJOR MISFIRE IN `SEINFELD'-ESQUE COMEDY DERBY.(L.A. LIFE)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); Apr 17, 1998; 700+ Words ...Strauss Daily News Film Critic ``Sour Grapes'' should seem somewhat familiar...is really funny. Throughout ``Sour Grapes,'' the kind of grandly venal...and lewder as it goes along (``Sour Grapes' '' pioneers weird new ground...
Sour grapes, self-abnegation and character building: non-responsibility and responsibility for self-induced preferences.
The Monist; Apr 1, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...mechanism that sets up the cry of "sour grapes." They can also be compromised when...adaptive preference-formation of sour grapes and preference self-management...account of the difference between sour grapes and character building identifies...
Relative greed plants witty `Sour Grapes'.(Metropolitan Times)(Arts & Entertainment)(Movies)
The Washington Times; May 1, 1998; ; 700+ Words "Sour Grapes," the first movie farce written and directed...company responsible for the TV series and "Sour Grapes." The humorous family resemblance...formula seem irresistible at this juncture? "Sour Grapes" confirms Mr. David as an indispensable...
`Sour Grapes': No Aftertaste
The Washington Post; May 1, 1998; ; 688 Words ...Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David, "Sour Grapes" is gratifying not so much in and...than network censors will allow), "Sour Grapes" still feels like not much...that provide the bitter delight of "Sour Grapes," a more-than-a-little...
Fed: Laws admits to sour grapes over ABA
AAP General News (Australia); Apr 29, 2004; 428 Words ...04-29-2004 Fed: Laws admits to sour grapes over ABA CANBERRA, April 29 AAP...allegedly made, could suggest a case of sour grapes over the cash for comments...payback, it probably is a bit of sour grapes, but I think I have every...
Fed: Laws says sour grapes sweeter over Flint's departure
AAP General News (Australia); Jun 8, 2004; 582 Words ...Australia) 06-08-2004 Fed: Laws says sour grapes sweeter over Flint's departure SYDNEY...from the broadcasting regulator, but his sour grapes tasted sweeter today. Mr Laws has said sour grapes were behind his on-air allegation...
The fruit of parental sour grapes
Jerusalem Post; Apr 2, 1999; ; 700+ Words ...no more: 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set...iniquity; every man that eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on...their fathers. "The fathers ate sour grapes and the children's teeth...
COOKING: ONLY SOUR GRAPES
United Press International; Aug 7, 2002; 683 Words ...00-0000 Cooking: Only sour grapes LE BUGUE, France...it combines juicy yet sour grapes (green because they have not yet turned black, not those grapes that are green because that...of juice squeezed from the grapes you add 1/4 cup of sugar...Dissolve the sugar in the grape ...
Sweetener for sour grapes.
Australasian Business Intelligence; Aug 17, 2005; 428 Words ...growers sent immature grapes to market in order to...Consumers who bought the sour grapes complained. Bruno Zappia...of the Sunraysia Table Grape Association, claims...will not eat another grape for six weeks after encountering...Industries found that grapes must have a sugar-to...
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