Monday, Aug 24, 2020, 10:22 am

By:Tony Williams

#18 Sour Grapes

This phrase comes from a fable by Aesop and in particular 'the fox and the grapes'. In the story the fox is trying to get to the grapes high up on the tree, but fails and falls down. It consoles itself by saying that they looked sour anyway, so it was glad it could not eat them leading to the phrase we know today.