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croc·o·dile tears

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  1. crocodile tearsnoun

    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"

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  1. crocodile tears

    Synonyms:
    affected tears, hypocritical sorrow

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  1. Michael Bennet:

    These crocodile tears that the senator from Texas is crying for first responders are too hard for me to take.

  2. Chuck Schumer:

    I fully expect to see some crocodile tears spilled on the other side of the aisle over President-elect Biden's Cabinet nominees, but it will be very tough to take those crocodile tears seriously.


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