lack the grapes
v. phr.— «A similar thread came up on the O’Reilly Mac Blogger’s internal mailing list—writers fed up with endless snarking and small-minded mean-ness from readers lacking the grapes even to use their real names.» —“Mean People Suck” by Scot Hacker Scot Hacker’s Foobar Blog July 26, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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