sour grapes

• Aesop's Fables The story of the fox who wanted to take the grapes but couldn't and said poor loser, "They must be sour grapes.

I consider myself what was not obtained to be worthlessness.

The opposite of "The fish that got away is always bigger" and perceives the unobtainable as smaller.

• cognitive dissonance Sour grapes - Wikipedia

Sometimes you actually eat it and it tastes sour.

• There is a way to tell the difference between sour grapes and sweet grapes, but if you don't know how to do it
  • Sour grapes are left where they are easy to get.
  • If you eat the grapes where they are easy to get, they are sour.
  • This is a member of the "Deteriorated copies spread" crowd.
• Knowledge can sweeten the pot, but we don't know it. - Dried astringent persimmons Like that. - > The sugar content of sweet persimmons (persimmons that are not astringent) is around 16 degrees, but astringent persimmon has a sugar content of around 20 degrees. When this astringent persimmon is dried, the astringency and water are removed, and the sugar content reaches as high as 50 degrees. - Why choose Shibu persimmons for dried persimmons? They actually have a higher sugar content than sweet persimmons - WeatherNews - Everyone is happily picking persimmons, so I picked some myself, ate them straight away and said, "Astringent!" I picked a persimmon myself and ate it as it was.

sour grapes

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