happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista

Finnish

Etymology

Verbatim translation: "they're sour, said the fox about the rowanberries". Same origin as with English sour grapes: referring to rowanberries instead of grapes is calqued from Swedish (compare Swedish surt sa räven om rönnbären).

Proverb

happamia, sanoi kettu pihlajanmarjoista

  1. those who cannot obtain things become jealous of them; sour grapes
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