Crocodile tears Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a hypocritical display of sorrow; false or insincere weeping
- the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma
- politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed
WordNet
Definitions
- false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow; derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey.
