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Crocodile tears Moderate

Crocodile tears has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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"

2

plural of crocodile tear

See Also
take out onion cry
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hypocrisy
Rhyming Words
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