crocodile tears en
11crocodile tears — {n.} Pretended grief; a show of sorrow that is not really felt. * /When his rich uncle died, leaving him his money, John shed crocodile tears./ (From the old legend that crocodiles make weeping sounds to attract victims and then shed tears while… …
12crocodile tears — {n.} Pretended grief; a show of sorrow that is not really felt. * /When his rich uncle died, leaving him his money, John shed crocodile tears./ (From the old legend that crocodiles make weeping sounds to attract victims and then shed tears while… …
13crocodile tears — noun /ˈkɹɒkədaɪlˌtɪəz,ˈkɹɑkədaɪlˌtɪɹz/ A display of tears that is forced or false. And in all her letters since, she had spoken of her aunt as a silly, vain, worldly woman, weeping crocodile tears, for an old husband whose death had released her… …
14crocodile\ tears — noun Pretended grief; a show of sorrow that is not really felt. When his rich uncle died, leaving him his money, John shed crocodile tears. (From the old legend that crocodiles make weeping sounds to attract victims and then shed tears while… …
15crocodile tears — false tears, phony sadness Her crocodile tears don t fool me. She just wants sympathy …
16crocodile tears — a show of sorrow that is not really felt He said that he was very sorry but his tears were just crocodile tears …
17crocodile tears — lacrimation on chewing and eating; see syndrome of crocodile tears …
18Crocodile tears — If someone cries crocodile tears, they pretend to be upset or affected by something …
19crocodile tears — tears which are not sincere, hypocritical show of emotion, false tears …
20crocodile tears — 1. a hypocritical show of sorrow; insincere tears. 2. Pathol. spontaneous tearing initiated by tasting or chewing food, occurring as a result of facial paralysis. [1555 65; so called from the the ancient belief that crocodiles shed tears while… …
