| 词汇 | example_english_sour-grape |
| 释义 | sour grapescollocation in Englishmeanings of sourand grapeThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with grape. sour adjective uk /saʊər/ us /saʊr/ having a sharp, sometimes unpleasant, taste or smell, like a lemon, and ... See more at sour grape noun uk /ɡreɪp/ us /ɡreɪp/ a small, round, purple or pale green fruit that you can eat or make ... See more at grape Examples of sour grapesThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. This concession will be a very sourgrape to them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The strong have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the weak are set on edge. The modest protest such practices draw from local, but uninvited architects is perceived as either sour grapes or petty provincialism. Does he agree that such behaviour is sour grapes on the part of disaffected fathers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But here the opposition is tinged with sour grapes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That will be the tenor of all that we hear during this debate from them because it is sour grapes on their part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether you like to call it sour grapes or not, some sort of consolation should be envisaged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems utterly wrong that because the fathers have eaten sour grapes the children's teeth should be set on edge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That looks very much like a bunch of sour grapes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To call the existing range of benefits a system which is illogical and often capricious smacks more of sour grapes than of common sense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No doubt some of the acid of his comments arose from eating sour grapes during the past few months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that this is a matter of sour grapes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not a question of sour grapes by the council. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he urge our right honourable friend to reject all the carping criticism and sour grapes, which were entirely predictable? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All we have from it now are the sourest of sour grapes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So it comes that the father has eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To attack me on a question like this seems to me to be near sour grapes on their part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am speaking today with no sense of bitterness, or personal betrayal, or sour grapes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of sour Go to the definition of grape See other collocations with grape |
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