Sour Grapes

But the Democratic effort to go after NASCAR funding strikes many as a gratuitous cultural statement by sour-grapes liberals who used to be only too happy to curry favor with fans of the sport. ❋ John Fund (2011)

No one thought Richard Nixon — a far less personable commodity than Palin — would come back either after his sour-grapes “last press conference” of 1962. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For just once – can any of you Repugs just swallow your juvenile sour-grapes attitude and say or do something CONSTRUCTIVE??! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Performance-enhancing drugs are a sad reality in the business of sports, and finger-pointing, sour-grapes accusations, tell-all memoirs and congressional hearings aren't going to stop the practice. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr. Yousuf's sour-grapes rejoinder was a temporary retirement from the game. ❋ Richard Lord (2010)

With the exception of the author, who will cash in on a film version, it seems clear to us that it does no one any good to see people slammed and stereotyped with the sour-grapes recollections of their former associates. ❋ Glenn Altschuler (2010)

He has suggested that some of the opposition is a sour-grapes effort by aerospace contractors who wanted a second shot at rich contracts. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Time for all you whining, sour-grapes Clintonites to get real and get behind the democratic nominee. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Didn't we raise our kids to not be sour-grapes cry-babies? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Clearly, he's a sour-grapes "McCain ain't conservative enough" Republican who has no place in his party this go-round, so is trying to make the Libertarian Party a "big tent" for disgruntled neo-cons like himself. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Just like the sour-grapes attitude they adopted because the country roundly rejected their policies, which are rotten leftovers of the Bush administration. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This kind of gutter-trail sour-grapes shouldn't surprise anyone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then there was all the sour-grapes about how TPM-EC is a pro-Hillary site and such brouhaha. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our experience is that these sour-grapes writers damage their own reputation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That the Edwards's have not endorsed seems a reflection of some combination of sour-grapes, vanity and political self-interest. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"[Winning] [a million] dollars would just be a big [hassle] anyway." ❋ Deej (2004)

[A boy] [fancied] a girl,but another boy took her.He pretended not to [care],but his friends said 'sour grapes'. ❋ SomeoneNew (2011)

[guy1] (who is blonde) : wow that girl is fit guy2: dude she h8s blonde guys! guy1: oh [i dont care] she is probably a [dyke] anyway ❋ Ps7 (2005)

"I [wanted] her [cherry], I got [sour grapes]" -Milo Aukerman ❋ Buttfuckatude (2012)

Girl 1: ‘That girl [so pretty]’ Guy 1: ‘[Yuck] she probably has [rabies]’ Girl 1: ‘Oh did she say no to that date? Sour grapes much?’ ❋ MikeIam (2019)

She [likes] [the taste] of my Sour Grapes. ❋ Jon Smizzle (2006)

Person1: [uh oh] Liukin got silver again those Chinese probably [cheated] Person2: Shut up with your [sour grapes] comment. ❋ PhelpPhelp (2008)

She was [so sexy] until I got a [tongue] full of [sour grapes]. ❋ RockyPeon84 (2012)

If you were [a grape] and I put you [in my mouth], I would spit you out because you were a [sour grape]. ❋ Connor Kirwan (2008)

[oh no] you [missed the bus]? that's [sour grapes] for you, man you can't come to the party? that's [Sour Grapes]! ❋ Jamaican By Blood (2004)