sour Idiom

sour grapes

feeling negative because you did not win If she loses, she complains about the referee. It's just sour grapes.

sour puss

one who is feeling sad, an unhappy person Don't be such a sour puss. Let's have fun.

sweet and sour

Idiom(s): sweet and sour

Theme: TASTE

a combination of fruity sweet and sour, but not necessarily salty, flavors. (Typically referring to certain Chinese-American foods. Fixed order.)
• I prefer sweet and sour pork to anything else on the menu.
• Alice does not care for sweet and sour dishes, but she will usually eat whatever we serve her.

strike a sour note

Idiom(s): strike a sour note AND hit a sour note

Theme: DISPLEASURE

to signify something unpleasant. (Informal.)
• Jane's sad announcement struck a sour note at the annual banquet.
• News of the crime hit a sour note in our holiday celebration.

from Missouri

Idiom(s): be from Missouri

Theme: CERTAINTY

to require proof; to have to be shown (something). (From the nickname for the state of Missouri, the Show Me State.)
• You'll have to prove it to me. I'm from Missouri.
• She's from Missouri and has to be shown.

hit a sour note

from Missouri|Missouri

adj. phr., slang Doubtful; suspicious. Don't try to fool me. I'm from Missouri.

strike a sour note|hit|hit a sour note|note|sour n

v. phr. To spoil the mood at a gathering by hearing some bad news. The news of Mr. Brown's sudden illness struck a sour note during our New Year's Eve party.
Compare: SPIT INTO THE WEDDING CAKE.

from Missouri, I'm

from Missouri, I'm
I'm extremely skeptical so you'll have to prove it. For example, You won the lottery? Come on, I'm from Missouri. The full expression, I'm from Missouri and you'll have to show me, dates from about 1880. Some authorities believe it alludes to the Missouri Compromise of 1820, whereby Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and slavery was forbidden in certain other areas, but the connection, if any, is not clear.

I'm from Missouri

I'm from Missouri
see from Missouri, I'm.

leave someone to his or her resources

leave someone to his or her resources
Let one rely on oneself to do what he or she likes or to get out of trouble. For example, Left to his own resources, my four-year-old might well turn the hose on the dog, or Refusing to pay for Lydia's traffic ticket, Dad insisted on leaving her to her resources.

Missouri

Missouri
see from Missouri, I'm.

resources

resources
see leave someone to his or her resources.

sour on

sour on
Become disenchanted with, take a dislike to, as in At first they liked the new supervisor, but now they've soured on her. [c. 1860]