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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
How To Use crocodile tears In A Sentence
- Does this mean that all the moral high dudgeon from the media last year was crocodile tears and that they never really cared about children?
- We know now they were crocodile tears. The Sun
- They weep crocodile tears for the poor and disadvantaged but are basically happy with things as they are.
- They are crying crocodile tears. The Sun
- You can deny it all you want and put on your somber face and cry your crocodile tears when decrying the results you have invoked and "preyed" for; but, your only regret is that the the real target was not hit. Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post
- the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma
- And now they come to this chamber, bleating, awash with crocodile tears and pretending to be the custodians of free speech - pretending to be the custodians of this institution.
- But they were crocodile tears and he showed no emotion when his lies were finally exposed. Times, Sunday Times
- Did he spill his mint juleppe and break down in crocodile tears? Think Progress » Weiner Offends The GOP On House Floor: You’re All ‘Owned’ By The ‘Insurance Industry’!
- Yeah, enough with the crocodile tears from the Bush crime enabling undynamic duo of Feinstein and Rockefeller. Matthew Yglesias » Holt on Panetta
