sour grapes

And they either get a case of sour grapes or they get on the train.

He attributes the moniker to sour grapes and professional jealousy.

Sour grapes have led the once-visionary musician to become embittered.

I reckon, I've heerd my mother read out a text, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes and th' children's teeth are set on edge."

The sour grapes of Champagne spread dysentery in the Prussian army.

The vintage of 1427 had been bad, that of the following year was poor and weak—more like sour grapes than wine.

Our ancestors have eaten sour grapes, and their childrens' teeth are set on edge.

She thought of sour grapes, and of the fox who had lost his tail.