| 单词 | “the fox and the grapes” |
| 释义 | “The Fox and the Grapes”One of Aesop's fables. A fox tries many times to pluck some grapes that dangle invitingly over his head, but he cannot reach them. As he slinks away in disgust, he says, “Those grapes are probably sour anyway.” notes for “The Fox and the Grapes”“Sour grapes” refers to things that people decide are not worth having only after they find they cannot have them. Words nearby “The Fox and the Grapes”The female of the species is more deadly than the male, Firebird, The, Floating Cloud, The, four corners of the earth, the, Fourteen Points, The, “The Fox and the Grapes”, theft, theft insurance, theftproof, The game is not worth the candle, game is up, the The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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