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However, if we are talking about an idiom -- that is, a group of words whose meaning cannot be understood by knowing the meanings of the individual words -- sour grapes," meaning "a denial of the value of what one cannot attain," comes from Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Grapes".
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One can prove, analogously, that u cannot attain any negative minimum on the line (r=0), (0< z< H). □.
The antagonism and contempt one perceives against a larger and more ambitious view of art was nicely captured by Montaigne: "Since we cannot attain to greatness, let us have our revenge by railing against it".
"Fortune awaits them everywhere, but happiness they cannot attain".
A representative of the Translucent Workers Union threatens a strike if his union cannot attain more fringe benefits.
"India cannot attain prosperity by boosting speculative instincts," he said late last year according to the Press Trust of India.
It symbolizes a pinnacle Rabbit cannot attain, as well as a shadow he cannot escape.
Try as I will, I cannot attain the philosophic calm so urgently prescribed by the bee addicts.
There is no height, no depth, that the spirit of man, guided by a higher Spirit, cannot attain".
For now, this "Assassins" lacks the emotional heft (and cannot attain the visual panache) that a great production requires.
Since beings cannot attain such wisdom, reality as such cannot be grasped.
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