Betekenis van:
crocodile tears

crocodile tears
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • 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"

    Hyperoniemen


    Voorbeeldzinnen

    1. They're only crocodile tears.
    2. She shed crocodile tears over his death.
    3. She cried crocodile tears when he left.
    4. Don't be taken in by her crocodile tears.