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crocodile tears
crocodile tearspl.n. An insincere display of grief; false tears.
[From the belief that crocodiles weep either to lure a victim or when eating one.]crocodile tears pl n an insincere show of grief; false tears [from the belief that crocodiles wept over their prey to lure further victims]croc′odile tears`
n.pl. tears that are not real; a hypocritical show of grief. [1555–65] crocodile tearsAn insincere display of grief or sympathy; from the old idea that a crocodile wept to lure victims.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | crocodile tears - 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"hypocrisy, lip service - an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction |
Translationscrocodile (ˈkrokədail) noun a large reptile found in the rivers of Asia, Africa, South America and northern Australia. 鱷魚 鳄鱼crocodile tears pretended tears of grief. 假慈悲 假哭，假慈悲 crocodile tears
crocodile tearsA false, insincere, or hypocritical display of sadness or remorse. Derived from an ancient anecdote that a crocodile will weep to lure in its victims, or that it weeps as it eats them. The prime minister's crocodile tears belie the government's involvement with the massacre of its citizens. Jessica shed crocodile tears over the expulsion of her rival, Jacob.See also: crocodile, tearcrocodile tearsAn insincere display of grief, as in When the play's star broke her leg, her understudy wept crocodile tears. This term comes from the mistaken notion that crocodiles weep while eating their prey, one held in ancient Roman times. The actual term was picked up by Shakespeare and many other writers after him, and remains current. [Late 1500s] See also: crocodile, tearcrocodile tears a display of insincere grief. This expression draws on the ancient belief that crocodiles wept while luring or devouring their prey.See also: crocodile, tearˈcrocodile tears an insincere show of sadness: They never visited her when she was ill, but they came to her funeral and shed (= cried) a few crocodile tears.In the past, people believed that crocodiles trick people into approaching them by pretending to cry, and then eat them. Another belief was that crocodiles cry after eating somebody as if they are sorry.See also: crocodile, tearcrocodile tearsFalse or hypocritical displays of emotions. A 14th-century adventurer named Sir John Mandeville reported that crocodiles attract their prey's sympathy by weeping and then continued to cry while consuming their victims. Shakespeare referred to such a belief in Othello: “O devil, devil! If that the earth could teem with woman's tears, / Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile.” An alternate explanation is that since those reptiles cannot cry, then crocodile tears are nonexistent shows of emotion. However, and for what's it's worth, zoologists tell us that crocodiles do in fact have functional tear ducts, although with no emotional connection.See also: crocodile, tearcrocodile tears
crocodile tearscrocodile said to weep after devouring prey. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 383; Mercatante, 9–10]See: Hypocrisycrocodile tears
tears [tērz] the watery, slightly alkaline and saline secretion of the lacrimal glands that moistens the conjunctiva. See also lacrimal apparatus.crocodile tears see syndrome of crocodile tears.croc·o·dile tears syn·dromea flow of tears, usually unilateral, on eating or the anticipation of eating; this happens when nerve fibers originally destined for a salivary gland are damaged and regrow, aberrantly, into the lacrimal gland.crocodile tearsTears and excessive saliva produced during eating. This condition is present when nerve fibers of the salivary glands grow abnormally into the lacrimal glands following Bell (seventh nerve) palsy. See also: tearcrocodile tears
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