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Grapes can be used to make wine.
Sour grapes.
Sour grapes, though, do not sound so tasty.
Did your buddy Craig ask my friend Morgan out for a second date yet?
Well, he did, and she turned him down.
But Craig told me he wasn't that interested in her anyway.
Sounds like sour grapes to me.
You're probably right.
This phrase comes from the ancient Greek storyteller Aesop.
