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“Sour grapes”in other languages

Pretending not to want what you can't have.

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Swedish
English
sour grapes
Hindi
अंगूर खट्टे हैं Angoor khatte hain literally The grapes are sour
Swedish
surt sa räven literally Sour said the fox
Behind the words

Same idea, different pictures

All three come from Aesop's fable: a fox can't reach a bunch of grapes and walks off saying they were sour anyway. English keeps the grapes, Hindi says “the grapes are sour”, अंगूर खट्टे हैं, and Swedish quotes the fox: surt sa räven, “sour,” said the fox.

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