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The Fox and the Grapes
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The Fox and the Grapes is one of Aesop's fables. A fox sees grapes hanging from a vine high up and out of his reach. After expending a great deal of time and effort trying to find a way to reach the grapes, his is ultimately unsuccessful. He is so bitter over his failure that he then mutters (trying to convince himself) that the grapes were most likely sour, so he never really wanted them anyway.
The English phrase sour grapes means the denial of desireability of something that one failed to acquire.
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