crocodile tears Hear it!

crocodile tears definition

crocodile tears

insincere tears or a hypocritical show of grief: from an old belief that crocodiles shed tears while eating their prey

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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