Id | ESLPod_0821_WE_1317 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 821 |
Episode Title | Eating Contaminated Food |
Phrase | sour |
Text | In this podcast, the word "sour" means spoiled, referring to a food or drink that was not eaten soon enough and has an unpleasant taste: "How can you eat your cereal with sour milk? It smells terrible!" The phrase "a sour face" refers to someone with an unpleasant, unfriendly facial expression: "Dmitriy is really nice and friendly, but the has such a sour face that people don't want to talk to him." Finally, the phrase "sour grapes" refers to someone who cannot have something, so pretends not to like or want it even though that isn't true: "Helena was very critical of their new home, but it was really just a case of sour grapes. She'd love to buy a home like that if she had more money." |
Topics | Health + Medicine |
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