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James asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 3 years ago

What phrase is it? It is something like this "If you can't get it something is wrong with it"?

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  • curtisports2
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Sour grapes.

    Comes from one of Aesop's fables, where the fox repeatedly tried to get the grapes from the vine. After failing repeatedly, the fox gave up and walked away, thinking out loud that they were probably sour anyway, and not worth his time.

  • Karen L
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Do you mean the expression 'sour grapes'?

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