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Sour Grapes


Sour grape, ¸» ±×´ë·Î sour½Å, grape, Æ÷µµ¸¦ ¸»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. sour-s o u r, grape, g r a p e, sour grape, ½ÅÆ÷µµÁÒ. ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀº Áö±ÝÀ¸·ÎºÎÅÍ 2õ³âÀü ±×¸®½º ³ë¿¹ À̼ÙÀÌ µ¿¹°µéÀ» ÁÖÀΰøÀ¸·Î ÇÑ ¿ìÈ­¸¦ ¾²´ø ½ÃÀý·Î °Å½½·¯ ¿Ã¶ó°©´Ï´Ù. <À̼ÙÀÇ ¿ìÈ­> Áß¿¡¼­µµ ÀÌ ¿©¿ì¿Í ½ÅÆ÷µµ¶ó´Â ¾ê±â°¡ °¡Àå À¯¸íÇÑ °Í ÁßÀÇ Çϳª°¡ ¾Æ´Ò±î ½ÍÀºµ¥¿ä, ±× ¾ê±â´Â ÀÌ·¸½À´Ï´Ù. ¾ÆÁÖ ¹è°¡ °íÇ ¿©¿ì ÇѸ¶¸®°¡ ³ÕÄð¿¡ ³ôÀÌ ¸Å´Þ¸° Æ÷µµ¸¦ º¸°í ±ºÄ§À» È긳´Ï´Ù. Æ÷µµ¸¦ µû¸ÔÀ¸·Á°í ¿­½ÉÈ÷ ¶Ù¾î¿À¸£Áö¸¸ ¿©¿ì´Â ¹ø¹øÈ÷ ½ÇÆÐÇÕ´Ï´Ù. °á±¹ Æ÷µµ ¸Ô´Â °ÍÀ» Æ÷±âÇÑ ¿©¿ì°¡ µ¹¾Æ¼­¸é¼­ ÇѸ¶µð ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ¡®Oh well, the grapes were sour anyway..¡¯ ¹«½¼¶æÀԴϱî, Well ¾îÂ÷ÇÇ ½ÅÆ÷µµÀε¥ ¹¹¡¦ ¾Ê¸Ô¾îµµ »ó°ü¾ø´Ù´Â ¶æÀÌÁÒ? ¿©±â¼­ sour grapes¶ó´Â ¸»Àº ¾î¶² °ÍÀ» ¾òÁö ¸øÇÒ¶§, ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ ¾ÖÃÊ¿¡ ±×°ÍÀ» ¿øÇÏÁö ¾Ê¾Ò´ø °ÍÀ¸·Î °¡ÀåÇϸ鼭 ½º½º·Î¸¦ À§·ÎÇÑ´Ù´Â ¶æÀ¸·Î ¾²À̰í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ¿ì¸®µµ ¾Ë°Ô¸ð¸£°Ô ºñ½ÁÇÑ ÇൿÀ» Âü ¸¹ÀÌ ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ¹ö½º¸¦ ³õÃÆÀ»¶§, ¾îÂ÷ÇÇ Áö±Ý Ÿ¸é »ç¶÷ÀÌ °¡Àå ¸¹À¸´Ï±î¡¦ ¾Æ´Ï¸é ¿øÇÏ´ø Á÷Àå¿¡ ÃëÁ÷ÀÌ µÇÁö ¾Ê¾ÒÀ» °æ¿ì ¾îÂ÷ÇÇ ±× ÀÏÀº ³» Àû¼º¿¡ ¸ÂÁö ¾ÊÀ» ÀÏÀ̾ú¾î¡¦ ¶óµç°¡.. Çϸ鼭 ¿ì¸®´Â ´Ã ½ÇÆÐÇÑ ºÎºÐÀ» sour grapes¶ó°í ¸»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.

Bill was sure he¡¯d be elected class president. But when Mary beat him, he told us he was glad he didn¡¯t get the job because he didn¡¯t have time for it. That¡¯s nothing but sour grapes!

¹«½¼ ¶æÀԴϱî? Bill was sure..ºôÀº È®½ÅÇϰí ÀÖ¾ú´Ù, ¹«¾ùÀ»/ ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ ÇÐ±Þ ¹ÝÀåÀ¸·Î ¼±ÃâµÉ °Å¶ó°í È®½ÅÇϰí ÀÖ¾ú´Âµ¥, but when Mary beat him¸Þ¸®°¡ ÀÚ½ÅÀ» ¹Ð¾î³»°í ¹ÝÀåÀÌ µÇÀÚ, He told us/ ºôÀÌ ¹¹¶ó°í ¸»Çմϱî? he was glad he didn¡¯t get the job ÀڱⰡ ¹ÝÀåÀÌ µÇÁö ¾Ê¾Æ¼­ ±â»Ú´Ù°í ¸»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ±× ÀÌÀ¯´Â ¹¹¶ó°í Çß½À´Ï±î? Because..he didn¡¯t have time for it. ¹ÝÀåÀÏÀ» ÇÒ ½Ã°£ÀÌ ¾ø¾î¼­. nothing but¹¹¹¹ÀÏ »ÓÀÌ´Ù¶ó´Â ¸»ÀÌÁÒ, That¡¯s nothing but sour grapes , ÆÐ¹èÀÇ ¿øÀÎÀ» ´Ù¸¥ °÷À¸·Î µ¹¸®´Â ÇÕ¸®È­ÀÏ»ÓÀÌ´Ù ¶ó´Â ¸»À̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ºôÀº ÀڱⰡ ¹ÝÀåÀÌ µÉ °Å¶ó°í È®½ÅÇϰí ÀÖ¾ú´Âµ¥ ¸Å¸®¿¡°Ô Áö°í ³ª´Ï±î, ÀÚ±â´Â ¹ÝÀåÀÏÀ» ÇÒ ½Ã°£ÀÌ ¾ø¾î¼­ ¹ÝÀåÀÌ µÇÁö ¾ÊÀº °ÍÀ» ±â»Ú°Ô »ý°¢ÇÑ´Ù°í ¸»Çߴµ¥, ±×°Ç ¾ïÁöÀÏ »ÓÀÌ´Ù ¶ó´Â ¸»À̾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ´Ù½Ã Çѹø º¸½Ã°Ú½À´Ï´Ù.

Bill was sure he¡¯d be elected class president. But when Mary beat him, he told us he was glad he didn¡¯t get the job because he didn¡¯t have time for it. That¡¯s nothing but sour grapes!





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