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Sour Grapes

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Sour Grapes - saying something negative about something you can not have

• Ellen is upset because she can not afford the car. She is just sour grapes.
• You sound like sour grapes. I know you are upset because you did not get the job.
• When my daughter is upset she sounds like sour grapes.
• The girls were angry, because they did not win the game. They are just sour grapes.
• Do not be sour grapes over the divorce.
• My boss is upset, because he did not get a promotion. He is just sour grapes.

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Sit Out

Shape Up Or Ship Out

Swing Voter

Stir Up

Sick In Bed

Sweet As Sugar

Seal Of Approval

Sit Up

Sleep On It

Start From Scratch

Sick As A Parrot

Sit On The Fence

Splurge On

Social Butterfly

Sack Out

Steer Clear Of

Soft Spoken

Shell Out Money

Soft Hearted

Shot Of Your Mouth

Steal My Thunder

Serve Time

Spare Time

Small Talk

Sink In

Spick And Span

Smoke Like A Chimney

Sweet As Honey

Stand By Someone

Sound Asleep

Sit Back

Shop Around

Shop Lift

Shopping Therapy

See Red

Shut Eye

Sore Loser

Shake Up

Sell Like Hotcakes

Stir The Pot

Slack Off

Smooth Things Over

Sticky Fingers

Snowed Under

Suit Yourself

Strong As An Ox

Simmer Down

Sit Tight

Stand Someone Up

Spread Yourself To Thin

Sell Someone Short

Save For A Rainy Day

Sour Grapes

Settle Down

Stir Crazy

Social Distance

Spoiled Brat

Sore Loser

Same Here

Spring Chicken

Sinking Fast

Sell Like Hotcakes

Seed Money

Second To None

Start Fresh

Step By Step

Smell A Rat

Sick And Tired

Sleep Like A Rock

Sleep Like A Log

Sweet

Shoot The Breeze

Short Fuse

Stick With

Step Up

Scream Bloody Murder

Screwed

See Eye To Eye

See You Around

See You Later

Shake A Leg

Short On Cash

Sick As A Dog

Sink Or Swim

Slap On The Wrist

Slipped My Mind

Smart Cookie

Smoke Like A Chimney

So Far, So Good

Speak Your Mind

Spill The Beans

Spitting Image

Spread Like Wildfire

Stick To The Program

Stubborn As A Mule

Stuck Up

Sweet Tooth

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