鱷魚眼淚

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As western legend goes, crocodiles will shed tears when they eat human beings or other animals. It then became used as a metaphor to mean the false mercy of bad people.

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crocodile tears, fig. hypocritical words of sympathy

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鱷魚眼淚|鳄鱼眼泪 [è yú yǎn lèi] ► crocodile tears ► fig. hypocritical words of sympathy