Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
sour grapes
Portuguese translation:
quem desdenha quer comprar; dor de cotovelo; recalque
English term
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"sour grapes"
The Fox and the Grapes is one of Aesop's fables. The story concerns a fox that tries to eat grapes from a vine but cannot reach them. Rather than admit defeat, he states they are undesirable. The expression "sour grapes" originated from this fable
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Dec 4, 2021 17:43: Matheus Chaud changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1290421">Nick Taylor's</a> old entry - "\"sour grapes\""" to ""quem desdenha quer comprar""
Dec 4, 2021 17:43: Matheus Chaud changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1185461">Matheus Chaud's</a> old entry - "sour grapes"" to ""quem desdenha quer comprar""
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Brazil
IT Specialist • M.A. in Linguistics
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quem desdenha quer comprar
Em PT-BR, tem essa. Tem também "não dar o braço a torcer", mas precisa ver o contexto...
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quem desdenha quer comprar:
https://www.englishexperts.com.br/forum/como-dizer-quem-desd...
dor de cotovelo:
https://www.mairovergara.com/como-se-diz-dor-de-cotovelo-em-...
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Murilo Russini
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Obrigado, Murilo!
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Jorge Fecuri
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Obrigado, Jorge!
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Paulo Ribeiro
: Essa eu me lembro das aulas de latim. A professora usou a mesma expressão: "com a velha fábula de Esopo - Quem desdenha quer comprar": https://jangadadatijuca.blogspot.com/2016/08/quem-desdenha-q...
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Obrigado, Paulo! Agradeço também o link.
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Paulinho Fonseca
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Obrigado, Paulinho!
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Ana Cravidao
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Obrigado, Ana!
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expressisverbis
: https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/ingles-portugues/grape?...
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Obrigado, Sandra!
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Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
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inveja mal disfarçada
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/sour-g...
Significado de sour grapes em inglês:
bad behavior that happens because someone else is more successful:
Are his criticisms justified, or is this a case of sour grapes from a less successful artist?
- Suas críticas são justificadas, ou apenas um caso de inveja mal disfarçada de um artista de menor sucesso?
Brazil
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recalque
"government officials dismissed many of the complaints as sour grapes"
"Parece recalque", diz Bolsonaro sobre Moro
Urban Dictionary: https://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/recalque/
United States
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Native in: Portuguese
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dor de cotovelo; puro ciúme
"Government officials dismissed many of the complaints as sour grapes" (Lexico.com).
Here we need something else. I would translate it as "dor de cotovelo" (into PT-Br, of course). Compare the definitions:
sour grapes: used to refer to an attitude in which someone adopts a negative attitude to something because they cannot have it themselves. (Lexico.com)
dor de cotovelo: "... também usada em momentos de inveja ou ciúme quando alguém próximo a você consegue vantagens ou promoções lhe deixando para trás, “com dor de cotovelo”. (Significados.com.br)
These two translations ("dor de cotovelo", "puro ciúme") are corroborated by bab.la: https://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-portuguese/sour-grapes
PS: I DO NOT recommend a literal translation.
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ulissescarvalho
: Puro ciúme não é uma opção tão idiomática. Dor de cotovelo é bom, mas já foi sugerido anteriormente. Custava deixar um agree? Que dificuldade em concordar com os colegas não?
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azia (pura e dura)
... exponencialmente a azia e o mau-perder, com pontapés em cadeiras, troféus partidos e muita choradeira nas redes sociais..
Brazil
Translation and review
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uvas azedas
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há, mas estão verdes
A expressão «ah, mas são verdes» ou «há, mas são verdes» faz referência direta à fábula de Esopo de uma raposa que não consegue chegar às uvas que estão altas, então diz que as mesmas estão verdes.
Veja-se aqui a explicação dada pelo site Ciberdúvidas, bem como a tradução feita por Bocage da fábula recontada por La Fontaine: https://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/consultorio/perguntas/a-or...
Explicação dada na rádio RDP: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p491/e124838/lugares-comuns
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Raposa_e_as_Uvas
https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/ingles-portugues/Grapes
sour grapes (used to describe the behaviour of somebody who pretends that something they cannot have is of little value or interest): She said she never wanted to go to university anyway, but I think that's just sour grapes. (from one of Aesop's Fables. A fox cannot reach some grapes so he decides that they are not ready to eat.) - Learner's Dictionary of English Idioms, OUP
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expressisverbis
: https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/ingles-portugues/grape?...
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Eu iria por "há, mas estão verdes", conforme sugerido pela Ana Cravidão.
I will give an example though (as I undserstand it)
Someone adopts a negative attitude to something because they cannot have it themselves.
Job appicant after being turned down for a job he/she really wanted says to a friend:
"I didnt want the shitty job anyway.!"
Friend.
"Hmmm. Sounds like a case of sour grapes."