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Originally Posted by aklim
As good as Bill Gates? Sultan of Brunei? Are you even in Letterman's class? IF you could even get close, call me.
Yes and your disdain on wealth is also evident. OF course it isn't because you aren't there or even close. IF you could attain it and decide it isn't good for you and give it up, I'll admit you might have a point. Till then, it sounds like "sour grapes"
What a coincidence. Green eyes on a proverbial green eyed monster.
Sour grapes is an expression originating from the Aesop Fable The Fox and the Grapes. It always refers to an unattainable goal and human reaction to it. It can mean to deny desire for the unattainable item. More often, it refers to the nature of humans to rationalize why they wouldn't want it anyway. The phrase has come to be synonymous with bitterness in most modern contexts. |
For it to be "sour grapes" wouldn't the person have to have
NOT attained something he
wanted? We don't know if the poster did if fact achieve his goal. I thought the post sounded more like "disgust" than "envy" The
English idiom "sour grapes" - derived from this fable - refers to:
- the false denial of desire for something sought but not acquired
- the denigration and feigning of disdain for that which one could not attain