例句-1: "Bill was sure he&39;d be elected class president. But when Mary beat him in the voting, he told us he was glad he didn&39;t get the job because it was too much work. That&39;s nothing but sour grapes!”
这句话翻成中文是说:“比尔开始认为他肯定能当选为班主席。但是,当玛丽在选举中击败他以后,他对我们说,他很高兴他没有得到这个职位,因为当了班主席工作太多了。他这么说纯属是吃酸葡萄!”
下面是另一个关于 sour grapes 的例子:
例句-2: "Talk about a clear case of sour grapes! When Bob&39;s girl friend left him to marry another man, he went around telling anybody who would listen that he left her because she wasn&39;t good enough for him."
这人说:“要说吃酸葡萄吧,这件事可是很明显的了。当鲍勃的女朋友和另外一个人结婚后,鲍勃到处去对那些愿意听他诉苦的人说,是他不要他的女朋友的,因为他的女朋友配不上他。”