单词	crocodile tears
释义	crocodile tears plural noun : false or affected tears also : hypocritical sorrow Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Nobody has used crocodile tears in television more than the matriarch of the Byrde crime family. Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 9 June 2022 The Merriam-Webster dictionary also seemed to weigh in, offering a definition of crocodile tears. Anna Kaplan, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021 Being compassionate doesn’t mean shedding crocodile tears, treating the customer like a hurt child or being dishonest with them. James Legg, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021 Some accused him this week of weeping crocodile tears, given that his money-grubbing fuelled the club’s crisis. Simon Kuper, Time, 11 Aug. 2021 If the price and wage spiral gets worse, Cuggino, crying crocodile tears about the U.S. economy, will probably do very well. William Baldwin, Forbes, 19 June 2021 Employers shed crocodile tears over the loss of ballot secrecy, arguing that card check would enable labor organizers to harass workers into supporting unionization. Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021 Some of the nation’s biggest and most powerful companies exploited an unprecedented human crisis to grow bigger and more powerful, making sure to shed crocodile tears for the losers. Gerard Baker, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2020 Yes, in real life, just like in the movie, the powerful MGM studio cried crocodile tears while asking his staff to take a pay cut because of the Great Depression. Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 7 Dec. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1563, in the meaning defined above
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