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Originally Posted by daveuz
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
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I'll bet money that link DIDN'T and neither did his father. Hence the disgust. Like I said, if he had attained it and given it away to lead a simpler life, I would respect his comment. However, such a comment from someone who has not attained it sounds like sour grapes to me. That is, unless you believe that I could have been famous and wealthy but decided to lead a simpler life because I would lose my friends and be surrounded by sycophants.