crocodile tears

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Adam Sandler has no crocodile tears for “Happy Gilmore” co-star Morris the alligator — he has fond jokes instead.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

For her self-pitying act, Ellis drew widespread disdain for her "crocodile tears" and "barefaced lies that could give a coyote gastric distress."

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2023

"We won't wait for the accident which is about to happen to see everyone shed crocodile tears ... safety should be on the front line," wrote the rail workers' union.

From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2023

Some of us suspected this was a gush of crocodile tears.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021

Germany could do likewise—but without that odious pretence of morality, and those crocodile tears over the unfortunates whom she devoured.

From The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife by Carpenter, Edward