Back الثعلب والعنب Arabic Al louarn hag ar rezin Breton A volpe è l'uva Corsican Der Fuchs und die Trauben German La vólp e l'ua EML The Fox and the Grapes English La zorra y las uvas Spanish Azeria eta mahatsak Basque روباه و انگور Persian Kettu ja pihlajanmarjat Finnish
The Fox and the Grapes is a fable by Aesop.[1] It is about a fox who sees some grapes hanging high on a vine. He tries to reach the grapes, but he can't. Since he can't get them, he tells himself that the grapes are probably sour anyway.
This fable shows the idea of cognitive dissonance. The English expression "sour grapes" comes from this fable.
- ↑ Godwin, William (1824). Fables ancient and modern, adapted for the use of children by Edward Baldwin.