crocodile tears

英 [ˈkrɒkədaɪl teəz]

美 [ˈkrɑːkədaɪl terz]

n. 鳄鱼的眼泪; 假慈悲

柯林斯词典

N-PLURAL 鳄鱼的眼泪;假慈悲
If someone is cryingcrocodile tears, their tears and sadness are not genuine or sincere.
1. The sight of George shedding crocodile tears made me sick.
  看到乔治假慈悲，我感到恶心。

noun

a hypocritical display of sorrow
1. the secretaries wept crocodile tears over the manager's dilemma
2. politicians shed crocodile tears over the plight of the unemployed

To shed crocodile tears.
鳄鱼的眼泪。
She also feels that the people who shed the biggest crocodile tears are not necessarily the most concerned. Leather made from the hide of one of these reptiles.
她还认为，那些鳄鱼眼泪掉得最多的人不是最关心这些人的人。
She shed crocodile tears when she dismissed him for his job.
她解雇他时，故意装作流下了同情的眼泪。
Are you that kid from crocodile tears?
你演过“鳄鱼的眼泪”里的小孩？
He wept a few crocodile tears over his wife's death and then go married again at once.
他假惺惺地为妻子的死掉了几滴眼泪，然后，很快又结婚了。
They were only crying crocodile tears at the old man's funeral.
他们在那老人葬礼上的哭是虚情假意的。
Your crocodile tears fool no body.
你的鳄鱼眼泪骗不了谁。
Don't shed crocodile tears over his leaving. I know very well that you're glad to see him go.
别为他的离开难过了，我很清楚，他走了你很高兴。
They weep crocodile tears for the poor.
他们对穷人是假慈悲。
The beast in the above photo never actually "cries crocodile tears", because they do not have tear ducts, and cannot weep.
上图所显示的野兽其实从来都不流泪，因为他没有泪腺。