अंगूर खट्टे हैं

Meaning: To scorn what you secretly want but cannot have.

Language: Hindi

Literally: The grapes are sour

Category: Food & Drink

Origin: From Aesop's fox, deeply rooted in Hindi through India's long tradition of moral fable.

More idioms — Food & Drink

• ตำน้ำพริกละลายแม่น้ำ — To squander resources for nothing.
• Fer cara de pomes agres — To look sullen and cross.
• Fer figa — To give way or fail — of legs, knees or a plan.
• Nou is die gort gaar — Now we're really in trouble.
• Rúsínan í pylsuendanum — A pleasant, unexpected bonus at the very end.
• Balat-sibuyas — Overly sensitive and easily hurt.

More Hindi idioms

• आ बैल मुझे मार — To deliberately invite trouble upon yourself.
• नाक में दम करना — To harass or pester relentlessly.
• नाक रगड़ना — To grovel and beg humbly.
• आसमान सिर पर उठाना — To raise a huge uproar.
• ऊँट के मुँह में जीरा — A laughably tiny amount for something that needs much more.
• बंदर क्या जाने अदरक का स्वाद — An ignorant person can't appreciate something refined.

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