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。
He showed his crocodile tears when anut died.
姑姑去逝时，他流了几滴假惺惺的眼泪。
In his speeches, he always puts on a big show of crocodile tears for poor and homeless people.
他在讲话时，总是装得好像他对穷人和无家可归的人很同情的样子。
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。
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。
He walked at the head of the funeral procession, and every now and then wiped his crocodile tears with a big handkerchief.
他走在送葬队伍的前头，还不时用一条大手绢抹去他那鳄鱼的眼泪。
My classmate kept saying how regretful he was that I hadn't passed the college entrance exam, but they're just crocodile tears.
我的同学一直在说他为我没有考上大学而遗憾。但是，那只是表面上的同情而已。
But you should have seen his crocodile tears when the old man died and left him a million dollars!
当老人去世后给他留下一百万美元的时候，他流下了虚假的眼泪。
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。