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

The sight of her stepmother shedding crocodile tears at her father's funeral made Jane sick.
看见她继母在她父亲的葬礼上流下伤心的眼泪让珍觉得很恶心。
At best they are just crocodile tears.
充其量也就是鳄鱼的眼泪。
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。
You mean she was crying crocodile tears?
你是说她只是猫哭耗子假慈悲？
He showed his crocodile tears when anut died.
姑姑去逝时，他流了几滴假惺惺的眼泪。
She didn't even shed a few crocodile tears over his death?
她对他的死连一滴假惺惺的眼泪也没有？
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。
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。
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。
They weep crocodile tears for the poor.
他们对穷人是假慈悲。