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FromAesop's fableThe Fox and the Grapes.Literally, "'Sour', said the fox (about therowan berries)".

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1. sour grapes

The idiom comes from a Swedish translation of the fable that opted for usingrowan berries instead of grapes. Since rowan berries are actually sour, the point of the idiom is somewhat lost in Swedish.

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