吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸

sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them

Characters and words in 吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

= + : Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.
variant of 吃[chi1]

= + : Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.
(negative prefix) / not / no

= + : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
not to arrive / not reaching / insufficient / less than
to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

= + : Don Quixote has been waiting at the arrivals conveyor belt in the aorta's bathroom for way too long, but finally his new kitchen knife arrived.
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough
Portugal / Portuguese / abbr. for 葡萄牙[Pu2 tao2 ya2]

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) is chilling just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's lying prostrate (匍) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) and eating grapes (葡).
used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]

= + : Petra Penguin (pu) is chilling just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). She's lying prostrate (匍) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹) and eating grapes (葡).
used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]

= + : Tecumseh (t) learned from the catastrophic events yesterday, so he thought of a way to protect his pottery pop-up store (匋) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). To protect his goods he distributed a layer of grapes (萄) on the floor and covered the grapes with sheets of artificial lawn (艹) so that the whole floor is cushioned very well.
to persuade
to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

= + : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine
sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them
sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid

= + : The rooster (酉) and Susan Saint Bernard (su) where once friends, but recently they haven been fighting over a lover. Because they are both wuxia (夋) superheroes, they have been fighting for three days in front of the anthill (an1) without determining a winner. Finally they decide to settle their sour (酸) dispute and share a tart (酸) tarte to renew their friendship.

Words with 吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸

吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸

吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸 currently does not appear in any sentence.