吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸

1. • sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop)
2. • lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them

Character by character

• 吃(chī)eat
• 不(bù)no
• 到(dào)reach
• 葡(pú)Portugal
• 萄(tao)
• 说(shuō)speak
• 葡(pú)Portugal
• 萄(tao)
• 酸(suān)sour