Meaning of 'To shed crocodile tears'
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Meaning of 'To shed crocodile tears'
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The meaning is to act like shedding tears.
No one has seen a crocodile crying. Likewise one who sheds tears are pretending to cry. Ancient Romans used this expression freely. Lord Tennyson and Shakespeare used this phrase to mean insincere sorrow.
Examples:
i) Saddie sheds crocodile tears that looked like a real one.
ii) Stop shedding crocodile tears Rita. You can't fool me.
iii) Mam'zelle believed Antoinette's crocodile tears.
The meaning is to act like shedding tears.
No one has seen a crocodile crying. Likewise one who sheds tears are pretending to cry. Ancient Romans used this expression freely. Lord Tennyson and Shakespeare used this phrase to mean insincere sorrow.
Examples:
i) Saddie sheds crocodile tears that looked like a real one.
ii) Stop shedding crocodile tears Rita. You can't fool me.
iii) Mam'zelle believed Antoinette's crocodile tears.
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