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 Definitions of crocodile tears  [ˈkrɒk əˌdaɪl]  

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Definition of 'crocodile tears' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.pl.) crocodile tears
tears that are not real; a hypocritical show of grief.

Etymology:  (1555–65)

Definition of 'crocodile tears' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) crocodile tears
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"


Translation of 'crocodile tears' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: pretended tears of grief.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: krokodiltrane Arabic flag Arabic: دُموع التّمـاسيح Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: крокодилски сълзи
Brazilian flag Brazilian: lágrimas de crocodilo Czech flag Czech: krokodýlí slzy German flag German: die Krokodilstränen
Danish flag Danish: krokodilletårer Greek flag Greek: κροκοδείλια δάκρυα Spanish flag Spanish: lágrimas de cocodrilo
Estonian flag Estonian: krokodillipisarad Farsi flag Farsi: اشک تمساح Finnish flag Finnish: krokotiilinkyyneleet
French flag French: larmes de crocodile Hebrew flag Hebrew: דִמעוֹת תָנִין Hindi flag Hindi: मगरमच्छ के आसू
Croatian flag Croatian: krokodilske suze Hungarian flag Hungarian: krokodilkönnyek Indonesian flag Indonesian: air mata buaya
Icelandic flag Icelandic: krókódílatár Italian flag Italian: lacrime di coccodrillo Japanese flag Japanese: そら涙
Korean flag Korean: 거짓 눈물 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: krokodilo ašaros Latvian flag Latvian: krokodila asaras
Malay flag Malay: tangisan palsu Dutch flag Dutch: krokodilletranen Norwegian flag Norwegian: krokodilletårer
Polish flag Polish: krokodylełzy Persian flag Persian: اشک تمساح Pashto flag Pashto: اشک تمساح، د تمساح اوښکه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: lágrimas de crocodilo Romanian flag Romanian: la­crimi de crocodil Russian flag Russian: крокодиловы слёзы
Slovak flag Slovak: krokodílie slzy Slovenian flag Slovenian: krokodilje solze Serbian flag Serbian: krokodilske suze
Swedish flag Swedish: krokodiltårar Thai flag Thai: น้ำตาจากการเสแสร้ง Turkish flag Turkish: sahte gözyaşları, yalancı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 假慈悲 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нещирі сльози Urdu flag Urdu: رياكارى ك‍ے آنسو
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nước mắt cá sấu Chinese flag Chinese: 假哭,假慈悲

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