His mouth started watering. He wanted to eat the grapes. So, he jumped and jumped, but in vain. But he could not reach the grapes. So, the fox went away saying, “Those grapes are sour.!" The Moral Stories Index The Short Stories Index ...
This story is one of Aesop's Fables, a collection of ancient Greek tales with moral lessons. Foxes are clever animals, but in this story, the fox learns an important lesson about perseverance. The phrase ""sour grapes"" comes from this story and is used when people pretend they don’t ...
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// Moral // 小提示:寓言告诉我们的哲理,英文中被称为moral It is easy to criticize that which you cannot attain. 人往往会因得不到某些东西而说这样东西的不好。 * sour grapes已经成为英文的一个典故,喻指:由于得不到而加以贬低的东西;酸葡萄心理(指因得不到想要的东西便说它一文不值)。 ★ 加入SS...
That may sound a bit like Sour Grapes, the 1998 film David wrote and directed where Steven Weber loans Craig Bierko two coins for a slot machine and then stews on his missed opportunity when Bierko hits the jackpot, making him rich. The moral of this story: If you suddenly come into ...
“sour grapes” is an expression that has been used in the title of both films and literature over the last century. The origins of its use stem from Aesop’s fable “The Fox and the Grapes”. In the story a fox tries to eat out-of-reach grapes but can’t, instead claiming their ...
The moral of the story? It’s easy to badmouth anything we can’t have for ourselves. Here are two examples of “sour grapes” in recent news: 1. A CONSERVATIVE parliamentary candidate has called the decision of a councillor to quit the party “sour grapes”. ...
afable (=a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson)by Aesop in which afoxtries many times to reach somegrapesthat are hanging above his head. When he realizes that he will never be able to reach them, he pretends that he never wanted them, saying ‘They’re probablysour (=ha...
(=a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson)by Aesop in which afoxtries many times toreachsomegrapesthat arehangingabovehis head. When herealizesthat he will never beableto reach them, hepretendsthat he never wanted them, saying ‘They’reprobablysour(=having an unpleasant acid ...
“Are we doing this?” Leave a Comment November 20, 2014 untitled short story, pt. 1 Bill Turnbull: roughneck for the street department, recent astronomy enthusiast and longtime IBS sufferer, sat at a long conference table facing a row of lined, dusty civil servants outfitted with a ...